Thursday, April 2, 2026

Herbicide-resistant weeds now on 72 per cent of surveyed Manitoba fields, costing farmers $77M a year.

The Manitoba Co-Operator

Four new resistant weed species have emerged since the last survey in 2016, and researchers say integrated weed management is now critical to slowing the spread across Prairie cropland. Story here.

1 comment:

Larry Powell said...

As the group, "Understanding Agriculture" sees it; "Over time the power of herbicides has overshadowed growing a healthy competitive crop and minimizing weed transfer. We now have huge combines that act like weed spreaders. Our crops look deep green but are not truly healthy. Herbicide makers now combine multiple modes of action not realizing this is the definition of defeat. And they sell this to farmers as a more powerful herbicide. Our 'go-to' solution now is aerial application - not a healthy crop."

The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging behind

CBC News A PinP photo. Installing solar is relatively fast, and Canada can catch up.  Story here .