Canadian Grain Commission Gathering Feedback On DON And Falling Number

Apr 08, 2019

The Canadian Grain Commission wants industry feedback on the possibility of making falling number and DON official grading factors for wheat.

Assistant Chief Commissioner Doug Chorney was at KAP's spring meeting last week.

"We do have practices that can happen with variety choices that are less susceptible to fusarium than others. There are fungicide applications that can be made to prevent infection. That changes from year to year and environmental climatic conditions can have a huge effect on the level of disease," he commented. "With falling number, it's a sprouting issue. If you have unfavourable harvest conditions, where's there's untimely rains at harvest when the crop is mature and its subject to sprouting, you will have a problem. That doesn't happen every year... however buyers are looking at these factors."

Those interested have until May 10th to give their input.

Source : Steinbachonline

Video: predictive weed Management saves on herbicide costs and increases yield potential

Gowan Canada is partnering with Geco Strategic Weed Management to help Canadian growers take a strategic approach to weed control through data-driven prediction and planning.

Geco’s technology uses data and AI to map where weeds have been over the past five years and predict where patches are likely to emerge next season. These insights allow farms and retailers to plan ahead and target actions in the most challenging areas.

“Our technology enables the question: if you could know where your most problematic patches are and where they are spreading to, what could you do differently? That’s what our technology makes possible,” said Greg Stewart, CEO of Geco. “Many of our farms are already using our prescriptions along with Gowan products, so this collaboration is a natural next step.”