Tag: Bayer

Applying fungicide at the T3 timing is about more than just watching crop staging — sprayer setup, speed, and nozzle direction all play a major role in getting value from the spray pass. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Troy Basaraba, technical solutions agronomist with Bayer, digs into the details of a successful T3... Read More

When it comes to protecting a wheat crop, timing isn’t just everything; it’s money in the bank. A T3 fungicide application is a critical pass that can safeguard both yield and grade, but only if it’s done right. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Amber Bell catches up with Troy Basaraba, technical solutions agronomist... Read More

While early seeding often gets the spotlight in spring wheat production, later seeding can bring its own set of strategic advantages—especially when the weather throws a wrench in early plans. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Rory Cranston, technical strategy lead at Bayer, joins Amber Bell to dig into the practical considerations of delayed... Read More

Managing weeds effectively, especially during the critical early stages of crop development, is one of the most important decisions a grower can make. When is that critical stage, and is it possible to get away with a once-over pass, or is a pre-seed burn-off necessary? In this episode of Wheat School, RealAgriculture’s Amber Bell catches... Read More

Chris Mansiere, an agronomic solutions manager with Bayer, wants to broadcast the message that herbicide resistance is something that just about every grower in Western Canada is dealing or will grapple with at some point. "I think in the last weed survey, there was 70 per cent of fields that have a resistant weed in... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Shaun Haney is joined by: David Przednowek with CN Rail on the rail performance; Paul Laronde and Lyle Miller with Canadian Cattle Identification Association on their Retention Matters Campaign; Hear a spotlight interview with Annemarie Van Wely for Bayer on Delaro Complete Fungicide; and,... Read More

Seed treatments are a very useful kind of insurance policy that help to build the strong foundation of a plant stand to start the growing season. What seed treatments do within a plant can be compared to putting on a Saskatchewan 'bunny hug' (that's a hoodie to the rest of us!) over a t-shirt in... Read More

A shorter, smaller, more efficient corn plant that stands better and produces less residue and higher yields: it's a lot to pack into a short corn plant, but that's the promise of Bayer's Preceon Smart Corn System. The company has been testing the short stature corn products in test plots for several years and plans... Read More

Bayer's CEO has ruled out the possibility of spinning off the company's crop science division as a separate business. In a news conference on Tuesday, Bill Anderson said the company has completed a thorough review of its current structure, which includes three divisions: pharmaceuticals, consumer health, and crop science. He said the company will not... Read More

A federal court in the U.S. has pulled the Environmental Protection Agency's over-the-top (OTT) registration of three products containing dicamba — XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. The court found the EPA violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA — that it failed to follow notice-and-comment requirements — when granting its approval for these... Read More