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Bayer Herbicides Platform

Manitoba grain and oilseed report shows increase in prices from January 2021

Significant increases include oats #2CW, flaxseed #1CW, northern hard red wheat and red winter wheat.


Syngenta Canada bolsters Miravis line

The new Miravis Era is a Group 7+Group 3 fungicide specializing in fusarium head blight protection.


From the Editor: Among Canadians, lentils are small, but mighty

The humble lentil is not just a staple of vegetarians and health food nuts – domestic use for lentils continues to grow, with prices rising.
 
 
Sponsored Spotlight 
 
Bayer Trilex

Trilex helps you grow

Trilex® EverGol® fungicide seed treatment is customizable, allowing you to control how you want to treat your pulse seed and protect your crop.

It is a concentrated product that, when mixed with water, lets you easily control the level of coverage for accurate application rates and uniform distribution. By varying the water volume, you can control the seed drying time that best fits your crop and environmental conditions. Learn more about how much water to use here.

Trilex EverGol combines three different powerful actives, all working together to provide outstanding protection against the challenging diseases and risks associated with early-season planting including rhizoctonia, ascochyta, botrytis, Fusarium spp. and pythium.

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Phosphorus rates in canola

Investigating seed-placed phosphorus rates in canola

Fertilizer application is a big bottleneck at seeding because of the huge volumes of side-banded and seed-placed fertilizers required for today’s high-yielding crops. For canola growers, there are further restrictions on phosphate fertilizer placement because of lower tolerance to seed-placed fertilizers. This begs the question: can P fertilizer rates be pushed higher with increased seedbed utilization? » Learn more...
 
Teasing out the connections

Teasing out the connections

Crop growers and scientists know that more diverse crop rotations are associated with better crop performance and better yields. As a soil microbiologist, Jennifer Town knows that adding diversity in your crop rotation is one way that you can change the composition of fungi and bacteria in your soil. But how does this more diverse microbial community contribute to those higher crop yields? » Learn more...
 
 
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Global AG Risk Solutions

Canola pan-genome map for better, more resilient varieties

A coalition of researchers from Canada and abroad have mapped the canola pan-genome, or its entire set of genes. For the industry, this represents a significant step forward and potentially leading to advances in breeding. Following publication of the pan-genome, the consortium will make it available to the entire canola research and breeding community. » Read more...

Linking soil NIR measurements, fertility and crop yields

Tools for predicting soil productivity and estimating crop yields are improving. But there’s still a long way to go for addressing field and soil variability. Researchers are looking to develop tools that would link soil near infrared (NIR) measurements, and they explore their successes, advancements and lessons. » Read more...
 
Inputs: The Podcast 
 
Inputs: The Podcast

Profitable pulses in Manitoba

Peas and other pulse crops have grown in popularity over the years, but growing pulses doesn’t come without challenges – like any crop, weed and disease pressure can devastate a field. But with more and more market opportunities and resources for growers, the interest – and potential – for pulse crops continues to grow.

In this episode, Laura Schmidt, production specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, shares an update on pulse crops and resources for growers in the province.
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