Noxious Weeds: Jimsonweed
Provincial crops specialist says scouting not only pays dividends this year, but allows you to fine-tune practices for future years
More than half of fields surveyed had a resistant weed, with Group 1-resistant wild oat at the top of the list
Alberta’s herbicide-resistant weed survey is underway this summer, but the results from Saskatchewan paint a grim picture of what to expect here. “Since 2009, there’s been an 89 per cent increase in the land area affected by herbicide-resistant weeds,” said federal research scientist Breanne Tidemann. “We are in a fairly steep incline in terms of […] Read more
Provincial crop expert says it’s time to stop pretending it’s not ‘a huge issue’
Noxious Weeds: Puncturevine
There’s a critical window for controlling weeds, but it depends on both the crop and the threat posed by individual species
Noxious weeds: Canada thistle
Noxious weeds: Field scabious
Noxious Weeds: Absinthe wormwood
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