Category: Spraying

The old saying “it’s not how you start that’s important, but how you finish” applies to the story of the 2024 soybean crop on the Prairies and Northern Plains. Final yield numbers from crop insurance — usually the best overall estimate — are not yet public, but Statistics Canada says Manitoba farmers set a new… Read More

The most expensive application is one that doesn’t work, says Austin Anderson of Helena Agri-Enterprises. Being able to mitigate that with something as economical as an adjuvant is something really easy to implement, he adds. RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney spoke with Anderson at the North American Farm Broadcaster’s convention at Kansas City earlier this month. Anderson… Read More

Mid-November seems a little late to be spraying in southern Ontario, but the warm temperatures have made for some great opportunities and fall weed control simply works, says Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson in this latest episode of Wheat Pete’s Word. Fall weed control is especially worth it on perennial sow thistle, Canada thistle and on… Read More

The U.S. government has moved a step closer to imposing duties on imports of generic 2,4-D herbicide from China and India, raising concerns among farm groups about future North American supplies of the herbicide. Corteva Agriscience filed a petition earlier this year calling for anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of 2,4-D into the U.S.,… Read More

Drones, or UAVs, can scout fields, create maps, apply seed, and — eventually — apply pesticides. There are several ways drones are helping farmers and agronomists, but these buzzing bits of tech aren’t a necessarily a one-to-one replacement for sprayers, drills, or even satellite imagery. To discuss what is legal, what’s a good fit, and… Read More

The list of herbicides that are losing their effectiveness against kochia is growing, leaving fewer tools to control the rapidly-evolving tumbleweed in soybeans. As of 2024, kochia populations in the Canadian Prairies/Northern U.S. Plains region have shown resistance to herbicides in Groups 2, 4, 5, 9, and 14, with some plants showing combined resistance to… Read More

When fields are wet or the crop is too tall, applying a fungicide by airplane and even helicopter can be a solution. So why then aren’t farmers clear to spray by drone? It all comes down to Transport Canada rules on piloting and approved label uses by product. Currently, there’s only one herbicide with a… Read More

There’s no denying when a spray clean out has gone wrong — the streaky start to a spray pass with injured plants never seems to happen at the back of the farm, either. There are a few things at play, says Tom Wolf, co-founder of AgriMetrix and Sprayers 101. There’s the possibility of active ingredient… Read More

Farmers are keen to use drones for several passes over the field, including using UAVs for scouting and even spraying. But, to date, only one herbicide has been approved for spraying in Canada, and it’s for non-crop applications. Drones have come a long way in the last decade and the potential for agricultural uses are… Read More

With a 90-foot boom for fertilizer, crop protection products, and seed, the Salford Group’s new AB640 applicator has the capability to cover 22 per cent more ground per pass compared to traditional 70-foot applicators. In this report from Ag In Motion at Saskatoon, SK., Salford application equipment product manager Gavin Held notes that the new… Read More