A pre-harvest herbicide treatment can make harvest more efficient when there are an unacceptable number of weeds in a soybean crop. Both conventional and glyphosate tolerant fields that are weedy can benefit from a pre-harvest herbicide. Drier plant matter will pass more easily through the combine, lowering seed losses and reducing seed staining… […]
When canola fields are ready to harvest but the weather turns wet, plants may regrow. The lower canopy can set new branches and develop green tissue that makes harvest difficult. Pre-harvest herbicide application may improve harvest conditions; some details to keep in mind are outlined below. For starters, if the canola has already been swathed […]
By Brian Hall, OMAF/MRA, Stratford For many growers, this year’s canola crop will be a challenge to harvest as a result of large differences in crop stage, because of thin and weedy stands, or fields that were damaged by swede midge. When managing these fields, harvest management either by swathing or direct harvest becomes critical […]