Insights and Stories on Weeds

Kochia’s expanding herbicide resistance puts pressure on no-till systems

Jul. 4, 2025 at 2:44 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Kochia’s latest herbicide resistance — this time to Group 14 products — could make weed control trickier, especially for no-till farms. “It means more products; it means a lot more management,” Manitoba Agriculture weed extension specialist Kim Brown says. “Realistically, the sooner we get out in front […]

Kim Brown at crop diagnostic school presenting on water quality and herbicides

Is dirty water sabotaging your herbicide efficacy?

Jun. 19, 2025 at 9:35 am CDT

By Miranda Leybourne

AgGronomyTV: Managing invasive weeds in Manitoba

Apr. 15, 2025 at 11:47 am CDT

AgGronomyTV: Weed control ‘wins’ and concerns for growers

Apr. 1, 2025 at 10:46 am CDT

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers invest in weed research

Dec. 11, 2024 at 3:22 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Your fall weed control checklist

Oct. 4, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

Attention to fall weed control is needed as harvest nears its end. Speaking during a Manitoba Agriculture webinar Sept. 25, provincial weed specialist Kim Brown singled out weeds that thrive in salinity, which concerned many producers this spring. Kochia is perhaps the most infamous weed threat on that list. A […]

By Miranda Leybourne

Left to right: Ashley Smith (moderator), Rory Cranston, Chris Mansiere, Shaun Sharpe, Corey Loessin.

From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?

Jul. 17, 2024 at 1:00 pm CDT

Proactive thinking and strategies are needed to protect chemical modes of action until new crop protection tools can hit the market, Ag in Motion 2024 attendees hear at Bayer Crop Science panel on herbicide resistance.

By Don Norman

Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm

Jul. 16, 2024 at 2:28 pm CDT

The "Off the Beaten Path" demonstration tour presented by BMO at the Ag in Motion farm show July 16-18, highlighted the multi-year research underway by several companies at the 610-acre site, with the improved moisture levels in 2024 helping provide new data for the ongoing projects.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

New website against weeds launched

May. 28, 2024 at 2:59 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Producers have a new website to bookmark if they’re looking for weed information on the Prairies. The Western Grains Research Foundation has announced the official launch of a weed monitoring hub, prairieweeds.com. The website will be the new digital host for resources, data, weed maps and research […]

By Alexis Kienlen

The problem with pigweeds

Jan. 19, 2024 at 11:07 am CST

Scouting for waterhemp is difficult but critical, Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown told producers during her presentation at St. Jean Farm Days Jan. 10. “You’re going to hear a lot about this in the next few years because this is just going to become a bigger and bigger problem, but I really […]