From the 1600s to 1800s, the wheat grown in Canada was primarily of European varieties that were not well adapted to Canadian conditions.

While Red Fife was a step forward in 1842, it was Marquis Wheat in 1904 that changed everything.

In 1886, Dr. William Saunders began his

🟡 Avoid Fluopyram applications on your barley❗

#Malt buyers will not accept grain treated with fluopyram and, due to low or missing MRLs in export markets, confirm with your grain buyer before applying to a feed or food #barley crop.

#Fungicides #Spray24 #KICCanada

Modified an IBC shuttle so when I go to the local CRT, we can just drive around the shop & chuck stuff in. Then, just unload with the tractor at home. (Must be getting old🤔)

New boots for the corner arm pivot
I'm tired of pulling it out when it gets stuck tucked in

We put on 18.4-34 tractor tires instead of the 14.9-24, Skipped the 11-38

Time to start #irrigate24 & find out how they work

#plant24 #Irrigation #Saskatchewan #westcdnag #skag #tires

WGRF is excited to announce the official launch of Prairieweeds.com, a comprehensive online platform designed to support the Prairie Weed Monitoring Network (PWMN) through the Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster.

Finished seeding the last 25 acres this morning, had to wait until today to pick up a couple emergancy bags of canola seed to finish.

☑️Peas
☑️Flax
☑️Wheat
☑️Canola

Happy to be done #plant24 and looks like #spray24 starts this week!

#saskag #saskatchewan

See how this SaskCanola funded research project benefits canola farmers: saskcanola.com/research-proje…

The vast majority of grasshoppers active in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the first 3 weeks of May are the harmless species. The crop species begin this weekend, and look like this. These are 1-day-old hoppers as they appear on the Prairies. The fill-size image is available free.

There are four locations across the Prairies where you can send wild oat seed samples for herbicide resistance testing. For more details, check out this infographic from Resistant Wild Oat Action Committee: ow.ly/jJ6I50Rr31b

#cdnag #westcdnag #MbAg #MBFarms

Read this 👉🏼 Use these irrigation scheduling practices to improve your yield with efficient water use: buff.ly/3WQEuSl

Join an online workshop for the OpenWeedLocator Gen 2.0 on 20th June at 3pm AWST.

I'll be covering the OWL, its future, and giving a live walk through of assembly and software installation.

Finishing with a demo (on a treadmill).

Registration details below.

Boots on the ground this morning as our Agronomy Extension Specialist Kaeley Kindrachuk is onsite at one of SaskCanola's on-farm research trial cooperators' farms near the Cut Knife area. 🌱 This is the seeding rate protocol going in 👉saskcanola.com/on-farm-resear…

#SaskAg #AgResearch

Everything is better on big wheels isn’t it…….?
Might stop the augers getting bogged in a wet harvest

RADIO BLACKOUT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. An X8 flare - the largest flare so far during solar cycle 25 - is in progress as I type this. Radio communications below 10 MHz are being affected throughout the western hemisphere. Polar regions also suffering an R3 storm.

DYK that the BASF Safety Scouts kit is designed to engage little ones in learning about farm safety? (And we hear kids love the safety vest that comes with it!) To order yours: casa-acsa.ca/en/farmsafe-ki… #KeepKidsFarmSafe BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions

It's a gorgeous, sunny day to be seeding #Irrigation Poverty Grass.

#wheat #saskag #plant24 #westcdnag #deere #landoflivingskies #SeeForMiles

From May 13-19 the CASA/ACSA is hosting the first ever Kids FarmSafe Week! Help us #KeepFarmKidsSafe .

You can check out farm safety resources, share tips and learn more about farm hazards and risks here: casa-acsa.ca/en/farmsafe-ki…

OpenWeedLocator 2.0 is here!

Features:
1. Full support for picamera2, picamera so you can now use the latest Global Shutter and V3 cameras on the Pi 5.
2. Entirely new enclosure designs, both 3D printable and aluminium.
3. Up to 120FPS processing speed on the Pi 5 at 320 x 416.

Thanks to NARF for hosting this year's Crop Diagnostic School. Register today to secure your spot for July 24 or 25: prairiecca.ca/events/
#CDS2024 #SaskAg