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The Western Producer

Pesticide damage seen in small-town Saskatchewan

WINNIPEG – In mid-August last year, people in Speers, Sask., noticed a spray plane flying over the town and nearby for three consecutive days.
 The plane was applying pesticide to fields around Speers, a community of 70 people about 100 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
 The residents didn’t think much about it because spray planes are...

April 18, 2024

The Western Producer

Sask. rural municipalities call for wolf bounty program

REGINA — Saskatchewan rural municipal councils recently voted in favour of a wolf bounty, but environment officials said that is not under consideration right now. Cattle producers told the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities annual convention that wolf populations have exploded in some areas. Amanda Burback from the RM of Cote said that in 2022...

April 4, 2024

The Western Producer

Spraying in dry times can be tricky

Heat waves and dry weather added to the headaches faced by canola producers during spraying season. “The main concern with the heat is just the evaporation of water from the droplets, and that causes two main problems,” said Tom Wolf, owner of Agrimetrics Research and Training based in Saskatoon. Other stories in the 2023 Canola...

December 14, 2023

Grainews

How to reduce pesticide waste on your farm

With chemical costs continuing to make up a large share of on-farm expenditures, it’s important to prevent any of those compounds from going to waste. That’s especially true when it comes to pesticides. According to the Farm Inputs Price Index from Statistics Canada, total input costs for Canadian farmers rose by 17.4 per cent in...

June 12, 2023

The Western Producer

Slow down, up the volume, reduce the pressure

In Agrimetrix research conducted in chickpeas and field peas, water volume was the most important factor associated with good canopy penetration.


May 25, 2023

Alberta Farmer Express

The great weed control robbery

Clint Jurke had never, not once, tested the quality of his sprayer water until a colleague said it would make a good topic for an article. “I like to think I’m pretty good at agronomy,” said Jurke, agronomy director for the Canola Council of Canada and farmer from Lloydminster, Sask. “I scout, follow labels’ rates,...

May 25, 2023