April 1, 2024
| Eastern Canada, Western Canada
Pre-emergents are a foundational part of a successful herbicide-based weed management program.
Timing and environmental factors will affect efficacy, but the appropriate herbicide applied at the right time can have significant benefits to overall crop health and quality. Developing a pro-active pre-emergent strategy is one way to effectively control weed populations and improve crop yields.
Why are pre-emergents important?
As weed resistance becomes more wide spread, pre-emergents are one way producers can combat weed populations and reduce nutrient competition early. They can help spread work load and ensure that your protection products are applied before weed populations explode.
Here are some tips to control problem weeds with pre-emergent herbicides: (more…)
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March 1, 2024
| Eastern Canada, Uncategorized, Western Canada
You can’t recover yield potential lost from a poor start in the critical first weeks of seeding, and treatments are one tool you can use to protect yield potential and ROI.
This winter we’ve seen warm temperatures and low snow fall throughout most of Canada. That means your soil structure and disease pressure could look much different than if you were predicting four feet of snow. Choosing seed varieties with the best genetic potential for your operation is crucial. And part of the planning and variety selection process should include choosing a seed treatment.
What are the benefits of seed treatments?
Seed treatments act as a preventative measure against soil-borne diseases and pests, and can help you offset certain production challenges before the seed is in the ground. (more…)
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January 23, 2024
| Eastern Canada, Uncategorized, Western Canada
Aside from an extreme weather event, the winter months are the last chance to make calculated crop plan adjustments.
Crop planning with P&H can help you finalize crop rotation plans, select seed varieties with agronomic traits that fit your farm, and create a fertility plan that matches the selected varieties and the fertility of your fields. It’s more important than ever to hyper-analyze costs of each input, and carefully select the right inputs for your farm with the current environmental conditions.
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March 27, 2023
| Eastern Canada
Fall planting in 2022 was a dream for much of the Ontario winter wheat crop. Record acres are planted. A very stark contrast to what was experienced the year prior. The crop seems to be off to a near perfect beginning. To date, the winter has not been too threatening by way of temperature or precipitation.
There is reason for optimism, but we are not out of the woods yet. April weather will still have an impact on the strength of your wheat stand. (more…)
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June 30, 2022
| Eastern Canada
There has been a lot of talk regarding Tar Spot in the past couple of years , and with good reason. This disease migrated from south of the border and moved into Southern Ontario by winds. Tar Spot (depending on time of infection) can rob a corn crop of up to 60% of potential yield. This disease not only continues to blow in from the US, but it can also overwinter on stover and in soil. (more…)
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June 6, 2022
| Eastern Canada
We can help manage your forage crop and maximize yield with insect and disease protection too
Whether you’re a dairy farmer looking for excellent quality and high yield, feeding hay to horses or other livestock, or selling hay as a cash crop, it pays to manage your forages.
No matter the situation, the first step to better forage management is to assess what you have. The earlier in the season you do this the better. A fertilizer strategy can start after first cut and still make a difference in yield and quality by the end of summer. It’s worth it to act now. (more…)
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May 26, 2022
| Eastern Canada
Prices are high. We have a marketing tool that will help you hit your target price.
Everyone sees the opportunity in these historically high markets but if you’re like most growers, (more…)
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April 5, 2022
| Eastern Canada, Western Canada
Keep a crop weed free during a critical period early in its development and you’ll maintain it’s yield potential. Let weeds sneak in, even though the plants are young and small, and you’ll flush away yield before you’re even out of the gate.
Plants don’t like to be crowded. Put an object close to a plant and it will change the way it grows to compensate for the pressure. (more…)
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March 10, 2022
| Eastern Canada
Weather conditions were difficult this past fall when winter wheat was planted with an estimated 70% of intended wheat acres planted. It was one of the more challenging falls in recent memory.
Some of those acres were seeded in September, before the weather turned and it started to rain. Some growers were able to sneak in and plant in the middle of the planting window in mid-October. A large number of acres didn’t get planted until the first 10 days of November.
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January 7, 2022
| Eastern Canada
The large swings in fertilizer prices are enough to cause a queasy stomach. Your local P&H agronomist can help settle things down and draft a plan for your farm to make sure your dollars are being spent wisely.
Nitrogen is one product worth paying close attention to in 2022. Whether you use nitrogen in granular or liquid form, we can help mitigate losses due to natural weather events.
The first step in the planning process is a soil test. A basic $30 test can save money per acre in the long run. It’s a worthwhile investment, especially with spiking nitrogen prices. A soil test will help your agronomist determine the most economical rate of nitrogen (MERN) for each field.
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