Spring conditions

Just a quick update and I am sure you have all heard some soil temps but we checked pea stubble, wheat stubble, and canola and it is anywhere from 5 to 7 degrees today around 2:00. The temps where at 2-3 inches down and very consistent, heavy trash vs. not heavy trash.

There is lots of very little broad leaf weeds just emerging from under the trash as well as some small 1 leaf volunteer cereals.

By Monday there will be lots out there to spray if the temps stay above the freezing mark.

Let us know what you have found!

IPad winners!

Congratulations to Mike Bury and Darryl Reimer the two winners of our seed pick up ipads. Thank you so much for taking your product home on April 12th!! It was greatly appreciated. Enjoy your new toy!

Seed Treating

The soil is cold and either dry or wet this time of the year. The below chart is off of the Bayer web site and it gives a good visual of what the potential seedling diseases are in any soil condition.

Warm and moist early season conditions are a breeding ground for disease, making it more important than ever to test your seed. However, seed-borne diseases are present across a range of soil temperature and soil moisture conditions.
Seed-borne Disease Favourable Conditions
Soil Moisture Dry Moist Wet
Soil Temp - Warm C. Sativus
Fusarium C. Sativus
Fusarium
Rhizoctonia Pythium
Soil Temp - Cool Rhizoctonia Fusarium
Rhizoctonia Pythium
http://www.bayercropscience.ca/products/seed-treatments/raxil/?pid=11080

Wire worm's are coming back with a vengeance. The old insecticide we used to use actually killed the worm but it has been out lawed now for many years. The new wire worm protection no longer kills the worm but rather puts it into an unconscious state until the crop has outgrown the stage of high risk. This along with more grass land being broke, the wire worm pressure has increased significantly. Because wire worms do not surface you have one chance to control them and that is in seed treatment only. This is something to watch especially if you are putting a cereal into newly broke soil. There are two different options for wire worm protections on your cereals. Call in and ask one of our agronomists if you have more questions or would like to book some seed treatment.
Remember that we do have the portable seed treater to make your life easier and more convenient this spring!

Its spring!

As soil temperatures are warming up, now is a great  time to take a look at what is growing in your fields so far.  We have had some nice weather and enough moisture to get things going.  A Preseed burn off is your best defense against early weed competition.  There are lots of different options out there for a preseed burn off tank mix.  Tank mixes have become the normal over the last few years.  Having two modes of action and 2 different groups in one application is a great way to battle the resistance issue that has become a worry. Besides that, glyphosate is a great chemical but sometimes it is not really strong on some of the spring weeds such as Dandelion etc.  Products to apply ahead of canola are limited to Cleanstart or just glyphosate.  Wheat has a much wider spectrum of products such as Express SG, Express Pro (some residual) Heat, Prepass, and Prepare (some residual).  For peas Express SG and Heat are the two top picks to mix with Glyphosate.  The other thing to consider when talking preseed burn off is water quality.  Spring is the hardest time to get great results from chemical.  The nights are cold, its usually very windy, and the plants that are growing are under a large amount of stress.  But something that often gets missed is the quality of the spray water.  Glyphosate is one if the strongest chelators there is.  This is to say that is bonds very quickly and strongly to molecules such as mmagnesium, calcuim, and sodium just to mention a few.  If you have water with a hardness score of over 300 ppm, it could be affecting your glyphosate efficacy.  There are many good products that are not costly to add to your tank mix to avoid the tie up of your glyphosate.  We have water test kits in our office that you can take home and check your water in less than 2 minutes for hardness.  Stop by or give a call if you have more questions!

As soil temperatures warm up, now is a great  time to take a look at what is growing in your fields so far.  We have had some nice weather and enough moisture to get things going.  Preseed burn off is your best defens against early weed competition.  There are lots of different options out there for a preseed burn off tank mix.  Tank mixes have become the normal over the last few years.  Having two modes of action and 2 different groups in one application is a great way to battle the resistance issue that has become a worry. Besides that, glyphosate is a great chemical but sometimes it is not really strong on some of the spring weeds such as Dandelion etc.  Products to apply ahead of canola are limited to Cleanstart or just glyphosate.  Wheat has a much wider spectrum of products such as Express SG, Express Pro (some residual) Heat, Prepass, and Prepare (some residual).  For peas Express SG and Heat are the two top picks to mix with Glyphosate.  The other thing to consider when talking preseed burn off is water quality.  Spring is the hardest time to get great results from chemical.  The nights are cold, its usually very windy, and the plants that are growing are under a large amount of stress.  But something that often gets missed is the quality of the spray water.  Glyphosate is one if the strongest chelators there is.  This is to say that is bonds very quickly and strongly to molecules such as mmagnesium, calcuim, and sodium just to mention a few.  If you have water with a hardness score of over 300 ppm, it could be affecting your glyphosate efficacy.  There are many good products that are not costly to add to your tank mix to avoid the tie up of your glyphosate.  We have water test kits in our office that you can take home and check your water in less than 2 minutes for hardness.  Stop by or give a call if you have more questions!

Webb's Crop Services seed pick up day! APRIL 12th.  Come by and pick up your seed for a chance to win one of two ipads!!! Lunch will also be provided.  If you cannot make it for the actuall day, but still come and pick up your seed this week or next, you will still be entered into the draw! Hope to see you here!