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10 12Everest® 2.0 helped North Dakota growers in a wet year

Everest® GBX now contains Everest 2.0

marilyn Cummins, editor, Newground magazine

Spring is here – bringing with it the promise of a new planting season and a close watch on the weather and markets here and abroad as you prepare your drills and head to the field.

As we went to press with this Spring 2012 issue of newground, news reports told of French growers losing soft winter wheat to a February freeze, USDA lowering its estimate of world wheat inventories as livestock producers continue to feed wheat and the U.n. Food and Agriculture Organization forecasting that 2012 world wheat production will be the second highest on record at 690 million tonnes as plantings increase in many countries.

While we don’t have a crystal ball to confirm any predictions, we do hope the stories you’ll find in this issue give you food for thought: tips from top-yielding wheat growers, a look at future innovators, information and management tools for your online toolbox and the latest on what the crop production industry associations CropLife Canada and CropLife America are doing to help producers and agriculture in general.

We bring you first-hand experiences with Arysta LifeScience’s new generation Everest® 2.0 from several users in north Dakota, and other weed management research and ideas. And it never hurts to keep an eye on what happens to your wheat on its way from your fields to the tables of consumers

– check out the latest developments in testing gluten and other wheat quality factors to match up with changing tastes and baking needs.

As always, we welcome your feedback, questions and ideas. please visit www.newgroundmagazine.ca to access the online version of the magazine, explore Web Extras and tell us what’s on your mind. Best wishes for a safe and successful Spring!

From the editor:

In a season defined by too much water, growers still found ways to manage weeds.

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New initiatives from CropLife Canada and CropLife America highlight economics, education and efficiencies.

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�� NewgrouND: What types of wheat do you grow, and in what kind of land-management system?

FEHR: I grow a hard red spring wheat variety called Harvest, using conventional tillage.

O’TOOLE: Mostly hard red spring wheat with a small amount of winter wheat these last three years, with conventional tillage.

WECKERLY: We’re all spring wheat. The main part of the land management is conservation tillage, with everything from minimum-till to no-till. A lot of one-pass seeding in the spring pulling anhydrous tanks and everything behind you.

�� NewgrouND: How did your wheat turn out in 2011?

FEHR: My overall average would have been 57 bushels an acre, but I had 25-percent to 30-percent drown-out on some fields. There were a few fields that had really no drown-out, and the yield on those fields was quite a bit higher. On those fields, I would have said, right around 70 (bu/acre).

O’TOOLE: It was disappointing. It was a very good-looking crop, as far as straw stand, but the berries just weren’t there. We harvested out 75-bushel straw and brought home 45- to-50-bushel wheat.

WECKERLY: We were in one of the better areas of the state, and we had what you would call, I guess, an average crop. Not everybody in the area had that, either. You go 15 miles east of us and there was a lot of 30-bushel wheat. Our area, there was a lot of 40- to 45-bushel wheat. West of us, where it got a little drier, there was some 50- and 60-bushel wheat.

Cornie Fehr grows spring wheat and canola east of Neepawa, Manitoba.

Brian O’Toole raises wheat; corn; pinto, black and navy beans; soybeans; potatoes and sugar beets at Crystal, North Dakota, in the northeast corner of the state.

Terry Weckerly grows wheat, barley, soybeans, corn and sometimes canola or flax on his farm at Hurdsfield, North Dakota.

Newground talked with these farmers in January 2012.

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�� NewgrouND: What is the BEST crop of wheat you’ve ever produced?

FEHR: It’s probably been right around 80, or 80-plus, on individual fields, but I do usually have a little bit of a problem with protein. My protein probably varies from 12.5 to 14.5. It varies quite a bit. There must be something else.

O’TOOLE: We’ve seen … well, 75 bushels is a good crop in our area. For bar-room talk, on what everybody’s combines will monitor, you can see 100-bushel yields throughout the field. It’s never going to average that. Seventy to 75 would be a very good crop in our area. There would be no disappointment if you were in that number. In prior years, before last year, we were in the 70-bushel category.

WECKERLY: The best wheat yield we ever had was a 75-bushel average crop across the farm. It was in 2008 or 2009. We had perfect growing conditions for wheat. That same year we combined my corn in the spring because we didn’t have enough heat units to get the darn corn mature. Wheat is very much a cool weather plant. The cooler the weather, the more bushels you’re going to get out of it, if you treat the plant right. The year we had that 75-bushel crop was the year that got us looking for protein enhancements and ways to raise our protein should the crop look like it’s excelling. That same year we produced the highest-bushel crop I’ve ever had but also the lowest protein wheat I’d ever grown in my life. I had neighbours down at 10.5 and 11 protein. There was a lot of 12 or 12.5 protein wheat in the country that year. You want at least 14, so you don’t get any discounts. So, we didn’t fertilize for a 75-bushel crop. We didn’t add any nitrogen after flowering. Then the next year we went ahead and started experimenting with nitrogen sprayed on after flowering, after the flowers were dropped. So, then we had a 65-bushel crop, but we had our protein raised back up to 14s in the fields where we experimented with that.

�� NewgrouND: What yield target are you setting for 2012 wheat, and how have your yield targets changed over the last few years?

FEHR: If I get the right weather conditions, I’m sure I could grow 65 to 75 bushels of wheat. I fertilize for that. If you go five years back, we would have always been happy with 50-, 55- or 60-bushel wheat, but I do my inputs different now, so then you expect more.

O’TOOLE: If we were in control, we’d push that target all the way up to 100 bushels. We fertilize for 70 bushels, and with

that we’ll intend on getting protein with those numbers. Last year, with that lack of bushels, we got amazingly high protein. The old rule of thumb was to fertilize for 60 bushels. Then when you run off with a couple 75-bushel yields, you’re going to be lacking in the protein. As for changes, I would say with the genetics of wheat you’re probably seeing within the last 20 years, probably a bushel-and-a-half increase per year.

WECKERLY: We usually shoot for growing 60-bushel wheat. Our targets have gone up. The varieties have gotten better. We’ve gotten better at managing varieties.

�� NewgrouND: Have you changed varieties or fertility levels to reach those new targets?

FEHR: Yes. I mix a seed primer together with Raxil®, and then I treat my seed. I do my fertilizing a little differently, too.

O’TOOLE: I think a lot of it is varieties, and disease resistance within the varieties, along with some changes in planting practices and seedbed preparation.

WECKERLY: You’re always checking out new varieties as they come out. Naturally, we’re not growing the same varieties we were 20 years ago. Most of those varieties went by the wayside either because of disease or yield. With spring wheat, what you’re really after is high protein and high yield, both. In order to grow high-yielding, high-protein spring wheat, you’ve got to give’er the job when you’re putting fertilizer on. Especially with your nitrogen. If you try to short the nitrogen, you’ll end up with low-protein spring wheat. And, you know where the premiums were the last two years, if you followed the market. It wasn’t good. We’ve learned a lot of enhancing procedures. Even now, if it looks like the yield is going to out-strip what we put down for fertilizer, we’ll top-dress some more nitrogen on it after heading.

�� NewgrouND: How do you select your seed varieties?

FEHR: Right now I’m with the Harvest variety because it’s a shorter wheat. I’m trying to get away from lodging problems. I used to grow AC Barrie for many years. It’s a fairly tall wheat. When you had a heavy rainstorm, then it went down. I’ve changed over to a shorter variety to try to get away from that. But it still lodges.

O’TOOLE: That’s an excellent question! There’s a whole gambit of varieties out there. There are many different plant breeders that will pass on their genetics to you. Some are race horses. They’ll give you the yield but they won’t give you the protein. On the other hand there’s protein varieties that ��

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won’t give you the yield. We probably put a little bit of both in. We’re unique. We are a seed farm. As a result we end up with probably nine different varieties. Those varieties will end up in both registered and certified classes. There can be as high as 18 different lots of crop out here. It would be beneficial to everybody if we could settle down and find two that everybody liked. Plant breeders do a good job of selling their product. As a result, some growers will lean toward private varieties, while others would rather grow a public variety. There’s many different ways of getting your seed and each one of those has many different varieties in them. So, we plant a little bit of everything.

WECKERLY: One of the main concerns for this area – it has been for a long time – is what has the best Fusarium resistance, and yield and protein. I would say we’re probably dropping a variety, adding a new variety every couple of years.

�� NewgrouND: How have you changed equipment to help you reach those targets?

FEHR: I do my fertilizing a little bit differently. I’ve got two air drills. With one, I put my nitrogen and potash on; I kind-of deep-band it. With the second air drill, I come and do my phosphate, my sulphur and my seed. I used to cultivate my land anyway. Now I use the air drill for a little bit of tillage, plus I put my nitrogen and potash on. Then, I seed it with the other air drill – all done in spring.

O’TOOLE: We’re constantly buying equipment we think is doing us a better job, which normally your neighbour owns. Once you’ve gotten into that one, the one you had was maybe better, so you’re switching back. We’re not very good at complimenting ourselves; we’re usually better at complimenting our neighbour’s crop.

�� NewgrouND: Have you changed crop or field management practices to reach those targets?

FEHR: We do a little bit of top dressing, here and there, with nutrients from OMEX, and fungicides. I do early flag leaf, the first time, and then last year I used Prosaro® in the early flower stage. Yeah, I do fungicides twice.

O’TOOLE: Absolutely. Especially spraying practices. Fungicides are put on regularly. Unlike previous generations, when it would have been an extreme “no-no” to be driving across a crop of wheat in a high-clearance sprayer, it’s become a common practice for us for at least 20 years now. There are very few fields along the valley now that don’t have tracks every 132 feet or every 90 feet, depending on their sprayer width.

WECKERLY: No. Well, if you’re doing things right to begin with, you’re practicing a good rotational balance. With the variety of crops we can grow here, it’s pretty obscene that we’d be growing any wheat on wheat. Out in the western part of the state and Montana, you’ll see a lot practicing wheat-on-wheat. That doesn’t really happen in this area.

�� NewgrouND: What one management practice has had the biggest impact on your yields?

FEHR: I think the seed primer and the top dressing (a 7-14-13), and the way I fertilize it, the deep banding of the nitrogen and potash.

O’TOOLE: I’d say the chemical. I would say it’s the fungicides, trying to keep diseases out of it. We’ll put fungicides on with our seed treatments; we’ll put fungicides on at the 4-leaf stage; we’ll put a fungicide on at the flag-leaf stage; and we’ll also treat the head. You do the best with what you’ve got; it’s Mother Nature that’s going to give you that yield.

WECKERLY: Probably fungicides, along with some timely insecticides. We’ve learned that plant health is one of the bigger things. Twenty years ago, we wouldn’t have thought of putting fungicides down when we sprayed for weeds. Now it’s a standard procedure to put down fungicides when we spray at the 5-leaf stage (for weeds). It’ll keep our plants healthy, and keeping them healthy keeps the disease pressure down. Then, we’ll do another fungicide application at flowering time.

�� NewgrouND: What could happen to further improve wheat yields on your farm in the next five years?

FEHR: That’s a hard question. You definitely need the weather. That’s a big factor. Keep the crop healthy, that’s terribly important. Weed control has to be done, too; the wheat has to be clean.

O’TOOLE: I would like to explore the genetic modification of the wheat crop. I would like to see a crop that would do well in a drought-tolerant situation, or water stress situation. In our case, in the Valley here, something that would handle Fusarium. Any of these issues are devastating to the farmer. Genetically modified is a little quicker way of getting at it (than conventional plant breeding). If you could start achieving wheat yields like we see in the corn and soybeans, I would accept those advances.

WECKERLY: Better research in the wheat world for yields, no different than what’s happened with corn. I mean, if you look at major commodities, wheat has not kept up, especially in comparison to corn. Most of the research done, up to this point, has been driven by land grant institutions. You don’t have nearly the money funneling into wheat production that you do in corn and soybeans and other higher-value crops. Myself, I promote biotech wheat because I believe biotechnology has the possibility of bringing us new things in wheat faster than the conventional systems we’ve used. By biotech wheat, be careful to not have your mind go to just chemical resistance. We don’t need everything to be Roundup Ready®. Roundup Ready is already skewing what’s happening in the weed world with resistance from too much glyphosate use. But if they could figure out the scab gene, and have that bred into the wheat, that would just be phenomenal.

�� NewgrouND: Thanks for taking the time to talk with us and share your yield-boosting tips. ❦

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ExtEnDED BUrnDOWn OF WiLD OAtS SAvES nUtriEntS, yiELD�� Every season starts out with a race against wild oats – a

yield-robbing, highly competitive pest that loves to come up before and along with the wheat crop in multiple flushes.

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in a survey of growers in 2010 of burndown herbicide use, 87 percent of the grower respondents named wild oats as their target, making it their top target weed overall. And 67 percent of them said they add a residual partner to the burndown to get better control of weeds that compete heavily with the crop, so their crop gets off to a better start.

Research backs up the value of investing in effective burndown and residual control of wild oats and other early competitors. Jeff Schoenau, a soil scientist and farmer, teamed up with fellow University of Saskatchewan researchers Rick Holm and Ken Sapsford to study the effects of potential competition from wild oats. They looked at the battle for limited crop nutrients, water and space, as well as the effects of timing on wild oats kill and nutrient recycling that would occur as the wild oats decayed and released nutrients.

“If you control those wild oats early, you don’t get as much nutrient uptake by the wild oats as compared to a late control,” Schoenau says. “The other thing is, when you control it early, you get a higher proportion of the nutrient in [the decaying wild oats] released back quickly into a form that the crop can use. That’s important. Annual crops (and weeds) need their nutrients early in the season for yield.”

University of Saskatchewan agronomy student Elliott Hildebrand from Rabbit Lake, Sask., focused on the impact of wild oats on crop yield in his thesis-project analysis of the 2009 trial in the multi-year study. He found that in barley, when wild oats were removed at five weeks or not at all, the yield was nearly 20 percent lower than when wild oats were removed at one week.

Now an agronomist at Delta Co-op Farm Supply, Unity, Sask., Hildebrand says “our data showed that the earlier you control the weeds, the better the yield that resulted. If you wait too long, it’s not worth spraying at all.”

�� Residual soil activity of Pre-Pare™ knocks back emerging wild oats

Burndown of early weeds is very important in the reduced direct seeding systems used today. If a product with residual activity can be applied with the burndown treatment, it’s a good thing for the grower, because it overlaps into the in-crop weed control window that comes later.

For spring wheat, growers now have the option of putting Pre-Pare™ burndown herbicide in the tank with glyphosate. Pre-Pare was registered in Canada in December 2010, and

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can be lost per acre in pounds and investment with varying densities and leaf stages of wild oats infestation.

The above image shows how well the residual activity on wild oats is working with Pre-Pare.

offers longer-lasting burndown of wild oats and control of canola volunteers and other weeds after the initial burndown.

A Pre-Pare burndown application will provide residual control of wild oats for up to two weeks and season-long control of green foxtail. “It will also give you control of a number of broadleaf weeds that are present, including Roundup Ready canola volunteers, prior to seeding the wheat,” Sapsford says.

“The advantage of that type of residual product is that it will control those wild oats early in the growing season,” he says. “Wild oats will still emerge and may reach the 2-leaf stage, but they will start to pick up the Pre-Pare through the root system and start to die back. That way, you reduce the amount of moisture and nutrients those wild oats are consuming,” because they’re being managed early in the growing season.

Pre-Pare is a Group 2 product, he says. For cleaning up a messy spring wheat field, it will provide residual control of the grassy weeds and Roundup Ready canola volunteers, and provide a second mode of action.

“Pre-Pare does a good job on those canola volunteers, and by mixing products with glyphosate we are helping to reduce that resistance to glyphosate from developing,” Sapsford says. ❦

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innOvAtOrS OF tHE FUtUrE

How are the farmers of the next generation preparing themselves? today’s young farmers have the ability to explore their interests and develop peer groups during their formal education years and beyond. Opportunities include 4-H, FFA (formerly called the Future Farmers of America), the green Certificate apprenticeship-style training program in some of the Western provinces and Canada’s Outstanding young Farmer program.

Newground talked with young leaders in Canada and the United States to learn specifically what has helped them on their path forward.

Jason Frerichs farms near Wilmot, S.D., with his father and brothers. He credits his involvement in his local 4-H Club and the FFA for igniting his passion for agriculture and leadership. At 27, Frerichs has not only started his farming career, but has earned his B.S. in agricultural education, taught at a technical college, and is currently serving as minority leader in the South Dakota State Senate, following a term as state representative almost straight out of college. Being the fourth generation in his family to serve in the state senate is not the only feather in Frerichs’ cap: he has recently helped champion new agricultural policies to help solve the state’s water management and drainage issues.

Saskatchewan’s 2011 Outstanding Young Farmers, Franck and Kari Groeneweg, from Edgeley, Sask., spend a significant amount of time volunteering. Franck is a member of his local crop marketing club, serves as president of the

Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation, is a director on the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission and is a founding chair of the Western Canada Canola Variety Trial Committee. Kari is a member and volunteer with the Association of Regina Christian Home Educators and Saskatchewan Home Based Educators. They accomplish all of this while managing a successful 9,060-acre grain farm and focusing on their young family.

“ Leaders in agriculture are progressive. they look at a problem, find a solution, fix it and move on.” – Jason Frerichs Jason Frerichs

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�� Engaging and networking are key

Both Frerichs and the Groenewegs feel that surrounding themselves with individuals with similar interests gives them access to innovative ideas that will not only benefit their own farming operation, but the entire agricultural community.

“The reason I volunteer is partly selfish,” admits Franck. “It allows me to develop a network of like-minded people throughout Canada who I can share ideas with and gain encouragement.” He adds, “By being involved in research, the entire industry benefits. We are able to look ahead five to 10 years to see what the needs of the farming industry will be.”

The Groenewegs both have post-secondary education, but, due to their current obligations, are not enrolled in formal training opportunities at this time. However, they both feel that the accounting training that Kari has taken, and the various opportunities that Franck is exposed to through his volunteer activities, are valuable ‘on-the-ground’ education.

“For example, board training gives me insight into how the corporate world operates in terms of human resources, employee salaries and benefits, communication skills and business sense. All of which I can apply to our farming operation,” Franck says.

Mentors, consultants, peer advisors, business coaches and marketing clubs can also provide a valuable source of education for farmers.

“Our crop marketing club has evolved over time. We bring in speakers to discuss a wide variety of topics, everything from agronomy to succession planning, so that we learn from each other’s experiences,” says Franck.

�� On the leading edge with innovations

The amount of capital required to run a viable farm business is increasing. Investment in machinery, technology, crops and inputs is driving risk management and margin protection to the forefront of everyone’s minds. So what innovative ideas are these farm families using to manage their businesses this year?

The Groenewegs say they are looking at growing a larger variety of crops. “In the past we have concentrated on decreasing the number of crops that we have grown, but now we are seeing a need to introduce more crops to better fit the land we are farming.”

This year they will be trying some hemp and faba beans. They say they feel that adding crops that are potentially more profitable will help spread out risk and allow them to take advantage of future opportunities. The Groenewegs have also been implementing controlled traffic into their farming operation to decrease compaction and crop trampling. And, working closely with other canola producers, they are assessing new products (both equipment and seed varieties) that will make straight-cutting canola more feasible.

“Creating better management tools, such as spreadsheets, to minimize risk, and engaging in strategic planning to be able to work smarter and be on the cutting edge, is where I focus,” said Frerichs. “I also like to experiment and do on-farm research trials, such as cover cropping and intensive grazing systems, to stay ahead of the industry curve. It is important to me to not be afraid to take a few risks and learn how to better manage the resources that I have.”

“Nothing innovative is truly new,” Franck says. “Someone has tried it, possibly 50 years ago, but by doing it differently, we can be innovative today.” ❦

“ We believe in making lemonade out of lemons. in farming there are not a lot of guarantees. We have a plan but are willing to deviate from it if need be.” – Kari groeneweg

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For many North Dakota spring wheat growers, last season was defined by too much water – flooding out some fields altogether and delaying when drills and spray rigs could get into others. Newground made a trip in January to ask growers how they managed weed control under those challenging conditions, and learned that new generation Everest 2.0 Herbicide was a bright spot in a rainy spring.

For Lee Simon, who farms with his dad and is an independent farm consultant at Oberon, N.D., the first challenge was “just trying to get the crop in the ground.” Then, it was a big issue getting weed control on the fields, but he said he and his grower clients benefited from the flexibility of when Everest 2.0 could be applied.

“The application window for (Everest) 2.0 has gotten wider,” he says. “In the past, I had to switch people out of Everest, and put them on something else, because the weeds got too far along.”

In 2011, Simon used and recommended Everest 2.0 on nearly every acre of wheat with confidence.

�� Crop-rotation flexibility a plus“I really like the new formulation, because of the ease of handling and the safety on wheat,” he says. And as a grower of corn, edible beans, soybeans, wheat and barley in varying rotations, he says “one nice thing is flexibility with rotation. Following Everest 2.0, I can pretty much go with any of the crops I’m currently growing.”

Steve Buckweitz, manager of Alsen Farmers Elevator at Alsen, N.D., agrees. “As a retailer, most of our (customer) acres are spring wheat/canola. With Everest 2.0, you don’t have to worry about going back to canola after wheat, so that’s pretty important.”

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In terms of how well Everest 2.0 works, Buckweitz says, “Wild oat control is tremendous. We’ve never had to respray because Everest didn’t get the second flush. It does what it’s supposed to do.”

Another positive about Everest 2.0 the growers say they appreciate is it gives them a herbicide that is both effective on weeds and belongs to a different chemical family than many of the other products they use.

“There’s been resistance showing up all over,” Simon says. “I’ve got guys that grow a lot of barley and wheat, and it’s Everest 2.0 on every acre of wheat. It’s good to get that different mode of action, because resistance is real, and it’s going to get worse.”

�� Crop safety improvedJohn Odland of Velva, N.D., was one of the growers from western North Dakota who gathered in Minot to discuss his experience with Everest 2.0. Currently, he grows wheat, sunflowers and flax, and put in winter wheat for the first time last year.

He relates how he had used the previous formulation of Everest that didn’t contain the safener. “I guess the main thing I didn’t like about it then was you couldn’t spray it when the crop got bigger. And we had some yellow crop. I’ve been told it’s cosmetic and it’ll grow out of it, but it stinks to drive by for a week and see it standing there.”

Last year, he learned that New Everest 2.0 has a wider application window and a built-in safener. “I guess I got pretty excited about using it, mainly because we always use the same chemistry (Group 1), like on the sunflowers and the flax … To avoid resistance in the future, that’s why I wanted to use Everest again.”

Odland says when he used Everest 2.0 in 2011, “I don’t know if I was lucky or what, but I had the cleanest fields. All my crops were so clean all the way to harvest. I can’t say that’s all because of the Everest 2.0, but I didn’t have any grass problems or other weed issues.” He says he tank-mixed it with MCPA ester and WideMatch® and “sprayed everything the same. So I was very happy with it.”

Joel Newman from Sawyer, N.D., who grows both spring and winter wheat, sunflowers and flax and plans to move into more corn and soybeans, says “last year in our area was a tough year to say that a chemical worked well or not, because of excess moisture and poor crop stands. Last year is one you should have left the drill in the yard, for the most part.”

That being said, Newman says that on the acres where he did apply Everest 2.0 last year, he could see that “crop safety has been improved. The crops stayed green.”

�� Grower sprays every spring wheat acre with Everest 2.0

Paul Thomas farms east of Velva, N.D., growing wheat, corn, soybeans, sunflowers, barley, peas, lentils, canola and dry beans. Here’s his report:

“We sprayed actually all our spring wheat acres with Everest 2.0. I’ve used Everest ever since it first came out. Even before Everest 2.0, maybe I was lucky, but I never had problems with crop flashing or crop burn, or anything like that. I’ve had good luck with the Everest products, so when they came out with the formulation of this crop-safe one, we sprayed every acre of spring wheat with it.”

Thomas says that he was concerned early on about one of his nicer fields of wheat, because after the herbicide treatment with Everest 2.0, it appeared to kill everything (in terms of weeds). “I had a flush of pigeon grass (green/yellow foxtail) that came, it seemed, right after I sprayed it, across the whole field.” Because the field was a long way away from the farm, he didn’t scout it often. But when he was back there a couple of weeks later, the grassy weeds were gone.

“There was also a tremendous crop canopy there too, so there is probably a little credit there too, as well as the Everest 2.0,” he says. “I had good luck with it.” ❦

Above, left to right: Joel Newman, Steve Buckweitz, Paul Thomas, Lee Simon, John Odland.

“ Wild oat control is tremendous. it does what it’s supposed to do.” – Steve Buckweitz

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EvErESt® gBx nOW COntAinS EvErESt 2.0�� Crop-safe, relentless control of grass

and broadleaf weeds

When you add the recent discovery of glyphosate-resistant kochia in Southern Alberta to the existing challenges of group 1 wild oat resistance and group 2 cleaver, kochia and chickweed resistance, it’s even more important to have choices that can best fit your weed spectrum and don’t break the bank.

Everest GBX now contains Everest 2.0 in addition to fluroxypyr, the same ingredient in Attain™, providing exceptional control and economic value for managing troublesome grass and broadleaf weeds in a flexible and crop-safe formulation.

“Everest GBX can be customized in terms of rate and tank-mix partners, based on individual weed spectrum and pressure,” says Craig Brekkas, Marketing Manager, Herbicides, for Arysta LifeScience. “Everest GBX tank-mixed with MCPA, 2,4-D or Deploy® gets more than 50 broadleaf weeds, including the most critical resistant weeds in Western Canada. And all at a better price than tank-mixing Everest 2.0 with a comparable broadleaf option.”

Everest 2.0 and Everest GBX offer a wide application window that lets growers spray at their earliest convenience, regardless of weather conditions. “Spraying early provides the best weed control, and with Everest 2.0 and its Flush after flush™ control, young wheat has the best chance to become established and reach its top potential yield,” Brekkas says. “And, at the same time, if the rains come and the crop advances, Everest 2.0 and Everest GBX are still safe to apply.”

Everest GBX is packaged as one 2-litre bottle of Everest 2.0 along with two bottles of GBX to treat 80-100 acres. ❦

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gLuteN testiNg moves to forefroNt

New end uses create need for new ways to test wheat quality ��

the end uses of wheat seem to diversify more each day – driven by health recommendations for whole grains, the gluten-free segment, the new world of ‘functional foods’ and fast-growing markets for thinner, ethnic breads.

Further up the wheat pipeline, these changes are increasing the need for quicker and more specific ways to measure key wheat quality factors such as gluten strength and extensibility. As new testing tools emerge, wheat breeders will be better able to screen new varieties to match gluten and other milling and baking characteristics with end uses.

For decades, wheat varieties in Canada have been shaped through Canadian Wheat Board protocols for their end-use markets. In both the United States and Canada, plant

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breeders have measured the end-use chemistry of new wheat genetics with equipment that was developed before computers became household appliances. As a result, current wheat quality tests lack information on gluten development and classification of gluten protein quality between varieties, types and growing season. It is common to expect year-to-year variations in protein quality, but there is a need to find a simple process for measuring the actual change.

�� New uses call for new testsIn the research pipeline in Ontario, protocols for using a new German gluten-testing instrument called the Gluten Peak Tester (GPT) were published by the Journal of Food Quality in December 2011. The GPT works as a high-speed mixer for a flour sample mixed with water. Gluten quality can be measured in less than 10 minutes with less than a tablespoon of flour.

The GPT protocol, developed at the University of Guelph, tests gluten quality accurately and quickly, and can be very useful in the early stages of wheat breeding programs with small samples, according to Dr. Koushik Seetharaman, food scientist at the university. This research will directly benefit wheat breeders as a screening tool to classify protein quality early in a breeding program (second or third generation of crossing).

“The availability of such an analytical tool will greatly benefit players from across the value chain,” says Louise Jacques-O’Hare, president of the Ontario Cereal Industry Research Council, which is leading the GPT-use project with funding from the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program. “It will help breeders select varieties for good protein quality, millers as they blend flours, and processors, who will verify the flour quality before it is used in the end product for consumers.”

�� Gluten: Strength vs. stretchSeveral American universities are developing new methods for testing the functional quality of wheat, with the aid of funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the company Perten Instruments AB, according to Brett Carver, Oklahoma State University wheat breeder and chair of the U.S. National Wheat Improvement Committee.

“We’re spending time trying to moderate the emphasis on gluten strength without compromising previous progress,” Carver says.

Gluten strength has been a primary characteristic in the wheat market. It’s the defining difference between ‘hard’ wheat for bread-making and ‘soft’ wheat for cookies and cakes. In bakeries, it provides mechanical strength for dough to be handled rapidly by machines.

Strong gluten makes strong dough, but a second factor, closely related, needs to be in the selection process for breeders. Extensibility, the ability of dough to be stretched without immediately contracting, is an emerging need for the fastest-growing segment of wheat consumption –

markets for thinner or flatter breads like chapata or ciabatta, tortilla and pizza dough.

“Extensibility and strength don’t always associate positively,” Carver says.

Crackers are a good example, says Clay Sneller, soft wheat breeder at Ohio State University.

“If there’s any trend at all in soft wheat, there is interest today in putting our soft wheat into two categories, strong gluten or weak gluten. A strong gluten soft wheat wouldn’t replace everything, but it would be very good for making crackers. There are some strong gluten soft wheats, and they really are ideal for making crackers.”

In Canada, too, breeders are seeking improvements for changing end uses, says Stephen Fox, wheat breeder, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg.

“As for where we’re going with wheat quality, I think nutrition is going to be important,” Fox says. “I think there’s going to be more engineering of food, not less. And, outside of Canada, nearly everybody else is going for more gluten strength. If your gluten is stronger, it allows you to do more things, and you can get away with a little less protein.

“For example, you can do whole-grain bread because you’ve got enough mechanical strength in your loaf to support all those additional items that don’t contribute to the structure of your bread.”

Cornell University in New York has developed a new two-step test for gluten that stretches a sample and then lets go and measures the recovery.

We couldn’t do that with traditional instruments, and it works with small samples, OSU’s Carver says. Once that compression recovery instrument is adopted widely for research and for use in commercial food labs, it will enable breeders to develop varieties with ‘universal’ applications and perhaps facilitate the restructuring of wheat classes to better suit end-use needs.

“Our grain chain is looking for a quicker, more realistic test of quality that can please and honour requests of the buyers,” Carver says. “You’ll see this being adopted in breeding programs from Saskatoon to Amarillo.” ❦

At left is the Gluten Peak Tester used in new quality test protocols by the University of Guelph. At right is cereal chemist Dr. Patricia Rayas-Duarte of Oklahoma State University with the prototype compression-recovery instrument used to test the extensibility of gluten.

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OUtFit yOUr OnLinE tOOLBOxin the technology-rich world of agriculture, it is just as important to have a well-stocked online toolbox as it is to have a well-stocked shop. to supplement the bookkeeping and management software currently on your computer or tablet, we have come up with the following list of websites.

Farmers interviewed for this story say their top four online priorities are: news, weather, markets and machinery. For one-stop shopping and the latest news go to the Western Producer (www.producer.com), AGCanada.com (agcanada.com) and Farms.com (www.farms.com).

Government agencies invest significant time and money creating agricultural resources. Visit Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (www.agr.gc.ca) and your provincial website to find programs, events, markets, maps, weather and more. Their “drought watch” and “crop reports” links are useful tools when making management and rotation decisions.

For up-to-the-minute weather information, visit WeatherBug (www.weatherbug.com). Register with WeatherFarm (www.weatherfarm.com) to get the added value of their marketing and crop management tools. The Weather Network (www.theweathernetwork.com), although not specific to agriculture, provides current weather conditions, a 14-day trend and radar maps that are useful when a storm is eminent. The Government of Canada’s weather office (www.weatheroffice.gc.ca) also provides accurate storm-tracking radars.

Staying on top of commodity markets can be a full time job. Use (www.producermobile.com) or bookmark your local grain company’s website.

While you may not be looking for new or used machinery on a daily basis, keep on top of new technology, manufacturers and companies at Agsearch.com (www.agsearch.com). And, use Iron Search (www.ironsearch.com) when looking to buy or sell machinery anywhere in North America.

�� Need a quick calculation? Although farmers are resourceful and spend many hours creating spreadsheets and workbooks to help with their calculations, the following sites are definitely worth a visit:

The Government of Alberta offers this one-stop shop for online calculators and decision-making tools: (http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/ldcalc).

RJ Evans P. Ag. has created a great free online agronomy tool. Click on “Farm Stuff” at (www.rjevans.org) to access fertilizer, seed-rate and cost-per-bushel calculators.

Kansas State University’s (www.agmanager.info) gives you access to more advanced Excel spreadsheet tools that will help with risk management, crop production, machinery purchasing and land decisions.

Several top producers recommend the AgMPower farm management tools (www.agmpower.ca) as a powerful paid software system to help you make management decisions, track financial information, run scenarios, test ideas and benchmark your operation against other operations in the same ag sector.

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Handheld Tools and Calculators

if you are a tech-savvy farmer who owns a smartphone, the following apps are worth getting. Although hundreds exist, this list will give you a good start:

�� marketiNgFarmer’s partner (Android): Calculate profitability based on current markets and see how price changes affect your bottom line.

SellSmart (BlackBerry, iphone, ipad): (http://www.gfo.ca/SellSmart.aspx) from Grain Farmers of Ontario, for local price information, head-to-head price comparisons and price alerts.

�� maNagemeNtgarage & guide (Android): Store pertinent information on every piece of farm equipment and keep up-to-date maintenance records.

FuelLog (Android): Track fuel consumption and fuel economy for multiple vehicles on your farm.

Evernote (Blackberry, iphone, Android): Create reminders for yourself via text, pictures or audio.

�� agroNomyprairie Locator (iphone): Find GPS coordinates for legal land descriptions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Agriplot (iphone): Plot an area in your field to determine the area and coordinates.

input System (Android): Track fertilizer, chemical and seeding data on your phone.

nutrient removal (iphone, Android): Start working on fertilizer recommendations by accessing crop and region-specific information for nutrient uptake of 36 different crops. Created by Mosaic company.

Farm Seed rate Calculator (Blackberry): Conveniently calculate your seed rate.

Seed rate Calculator (iphone): Calculate your seed rate quickly.

Farm Units (Blackberry): Convert bushels to tonnes and tonnes to bushels for most grains.

�� fuNAgracer (iphone, ipod touch, ipad, Android): Race farm equipment for fun and prizes.

OUtFit yOUr OnLinE tOOLBOx

Ever wonder how significantly wild oats are hurting your bottom line when left uncontrolled in your crop? Go to www.newgroundmagazine.ca to access the Nitrogen Calculator and find out.

�� Everyone needs a little social time

Social media sites are just that – social. To stay in touch, ask questions and keep on top of current issues visit The Combine Forum (www.thecombineforum.com), AgTalk (www.talk.newagtalk.com) or FarmerNation (www.farmernation.com).

The Internet is an endless source of information – if you have a site bookmarked or an application on your phone that you would like to share, please send it to us at editor@arystalifescience.com so that we can start compiling a list for future editions of Newground. ❦

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WEB EXTRA: Visit www.newgroundmagazine.ca to click on these great online tools. And while you’re browsing Newground online, tell us what your favourite ag apps are and we’ll enter you to win an Arysta LifeScience winter jacket.

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CrOpLiFE rOUnDUp�� As part of newground’s continuing look at how the CropLife America

and CropLife Canada crop protection associations benefit growers, here are highlights of specific initiatives launched in recent months.

New CropLife America study measures impactA new economic impact report reveals that across the U.S., the increased crop production and resultant economic spin-offs that stem from the use of crop protection products generate $33 billion in wages for more than 1.05 million American workers. These jobs span beyond the farming industry to additional sectors, including manufacturing, food services, construction, transportation and more.

The report, titled “The Contribution of Crop Protection Products to the U.S. Economy,” was compiled by agronomist and consultant Mark Goodwin using the resources of economists and agricultural sources within the U.S. government, and released by CropLife America in November.

“Mark’s research looks at two incredibly important issues,” says Jay Vroom, president and CEO of CLA. “The health and direction of American agriculture, and the contribution of crop protection products to the productivity and efficiency of the American farmer.

“While America continues to recover from overall staggering economic challenges and high unemployment levels, our farmers and ranchers stand poised as an important part of the solution,” Vroom says. “This report finds that when equipped with the best tools and resources, the agricultural community helps create well-paying jobs in the workplace through increased productivity and crop output.”

Data from the report, which is a snapshot as of November 2011, show that crop protection products increased the yield and quality of field crops to the tune of $51.4 billion in added crop value for U.S. producers. Moreover, every state received a positive economic spin-off from the use of crop protection products – directly bolstering state economies through added crop value and indirectly through more jobs and increased economic output across 20 industries.

The report also found that crop inputs play a direct role in helping to keep food prices low, all the way to the grocery store. Plant science technologies lead to a 48-percent savings in overall grocery bills for fruits and vegetables for a family of four in the U.S.

Finally, the report looked at the spin-off environmental impact of crop protection products, and found that crop inputs allow farmers to conserve land by maximizing their current fields and to engage in modern practices such as conservation tillage. U.S. farmers now produce four times as much field crops (wheat and corn) as they did in the early 1900s while keeping millions of acres for wildlife habitats. Due to conservation tillage, made possible through the use of herbicides, growers have saved 558 million gallons of fuel per year, equaling 2.075 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

The report is available for download at www.croplifeamerica.org/economic-impact.

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CropLife Canada: Education and efficiencyCropLife Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs have partnered to develop two educational videos on pesticide application best management practices in an effort to educate growers and applicators, and, ultimately, reduce the incidents of spray drift. This is a new initiative that has been undertaken with current application equipment for both the row-crop and horticultural sectors.

“This is a prime example of industry and government coming together and taking proactive steps to reduce spray drift. Industry is committed to using innovative new approaches to improving product stewardship,” says Lorne Hepworth, president of CropLife Canada.

Pesticide spray drift has become a prominent issue in recent years. Hepworth says both the crop protection industry and the farm community take it very seriously, recognizing that even extremely low amounts of spray drift can impact sensitive crops, human habitats or environmentally-sensitive areas.

The first video – “What is Spray Drift?” – highlights the various causes of spray drift. The second video –“Equipment and Methods to Reduce Spray Drift” – focuses on how applicators can modify equipment to reduce spray drift. Visual demonstrations in the videos use dyes and night spraying to show what drift actually looks like.

The videos describe the newest and best practices in pesticide applications, and will be made available

to educators, pesticide safety organizations, sprayer manufacturers and retailers, agrichemical companies and agricultural associations. To view the videos or learn more about spray drift, visit: www.ontario.ca/spraydrift.

�� New project to streamline supply chain

Canada’s crop protection industry has called upon a non-profit business consortium, AgGateway, to facilitate a new project called Crop Protection Canada Connectivity (CPCC) to electronically link crop protection product manufacturers, distributors and retailers to improve order-to-invoice processes, product information traceability and cost savings.

“The CPCC project represents a major step forward for the crop protection industry in Canada. By streamlining its supply chain and moving toward more effective traceability of product information, project participants will see significant operational efficiencies that will likely also translate into considerable savings,” says Rod Conner, president and CEO of AgGateway.

CropLife Canada has endorsed the project, which hopes to build on AgGateway’s successful and proven approach already in use in the U.S. crop protection industry. AgGateway is a non-profit consortium of businesses working to help member companies improve productivity and service by streamlining and standardizing electronic business communications. ❦

spin-off impact across 20 industries

Direct impact to state from increased Increase in Increase in crop yield and quality economic output Added jobs payroll earnings

Minnesota $4.71 billion $9.67 billion 45,437 $1.72 billionMontana $708.04 million $1.40 billion 11,297 $249.80 millionNorth Dakota $2.11 billion $3.76 billion 15,220 $618.62 millionSouth Dakota $1.22 billion $2.70 billion 8,593 $340.02 million

Source: “The Contribution of Crop Protection Products to the United States Economy,” November 2011. CropLife America.

Snapshot of how use of crop protection products benefits U.S. economy

Photo courtesy of Buhler Industries Inc.

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FinD prODUCt inFOrmAtiOn qUiCKLy WitH qr CODES

trUSt SELECt tO mAKE grASSy WEED COntrOL SimpLE in CAnOLA , FLAx AnD pULSE CrOpS�� Only genuine clethodim Select comes packaged with Amigo®.

As you plan your post-emergence weed control in peas, flax, canola and other broadleaf crops this spring, you can trust Select Herbicide to keep grassy weed control simple and effective.

Select is made with genuine clethodim – not a generic, and is brought to you by the original manufacturer and leading global supplier of high-quality clethodim, Arysta LifeScience. This is important, as the manufacturing of clethodim poses some challenges, and unless certain steps are taken in the manufacturing process, product quality and stability become a concern.

In addition, Select is packaged with Amigo, the adjuvant proven through years of use and research to achieve the most desired results with a number of key tank-mix partners. In particular, the tank-mix of Liberty®, Select and Amigo has been tested extensively to ensure no

compatibility issues occur in the tank. Each pack of Select contains 3 litres of Select plus 9 litres of Amigo, which when combined can treat from 20 to 60 acres, depending on the application rate.

Apply 50 ml/acre to 75 ml/acre of Select when annual grasses are in the 2 to 6 true-leaf stage for exceptional weed control of barnyard grass, fall panicum, green and yellow foxtail, large crabgrass, persian darnel, proso millet, smooth crabgrass, wild oats, witchgrass and volunteer barley, canary seed, corn, oats and wheat. For quackgrass control, the rate is 150 ml/acre.

Select offers excellent crop safety for dry beans, canola, chickpeas, flax, lentils, linola, mustard, onions, peas, potatoes, seedling alfalfa, soybeans and sunflowers. In addition, Select is an excellent choice to tank-mix with a variety of broadleaf products for economical one-pass, broad-spectrum control. ❦

�� New on Everest 2.0 packaging this season.

Arysta LifeScience is using new technology to give growers a convenient way to access product label information in the field.

On Everest 2.0 Herbicide packaging in Canada, there is a printed QR (“quick response”) code. By scanning the code with QR-code-reading software on a smartphone, you can pull up the Everest 2.0 product label and Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) online. The product information will be downloaded onto your phone in PDF form which you can access at any time.

“We believe this will be a convenient time-saver for growers by putting mixing instructions, rates, etc. right there when they’re using the product,” says Craig Brekkas, Marketing Manager, Herbicides, with Arysta LifeScience.

QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes originally developed by a subsidiary of Toyota to track vehicles during the manufacturing process. Today, they can be found on everything from packages and advertisements to museum displays and t-shirts – all leading to additional information on the Internet.

Many smartphones have built-in QR code readers. If yours does not, download one of these top-rated, free apps: QR Reader for iPhone in the iTunes App Store; Google Goggles for Android phones from the Android Market; or QR Code Scanner Pro – Free for Blackberry from BlackBerry App World. Once the app is on your phone, open the app, point your phone’s camera lens at the QR code, let it focus and snap a shot of the QR code. The QR code-reader app will automatically lead you to the link and you’re there. ❦

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When it’s time to control grassy weeds in peas, flax, canola and other broadleaf crops, keep it simple. Use

the herbicide that works the first time, every time – SELECT® Herbicide. Made with Genuine Clethodim

and packaged with AMIGO®, the optimized adjuvant to work with SELECT, you know SELECT is the

trusted herbicide you can count on. To learn more, see your retailer or visit www.arystalifescience.ca.

Life is complicated.Your herbicide shouldn’t be.

Always read and follow label directions. SELECT and the SELECT logo are registered trademarks of Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. Arysta LifeScience and the Arysta LifeScience logo are registered trademarks of Arysta LifeScience Corporation. All other products mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies. ©2010 Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. SEL-047

new eVeReST® 2.0.RelenTleSS on weedS. eASy on wheAT.A new formulation with advanced safener technology built in gives new EVEREST® 2.0 an

extra measure of crop safety in a wide range of conditions. EVEREST 2.0 is easy on wheat,

but relentless on weeds, giving you Flush after flush™ control of green foxtail, wild oat

and key broadleaf weeds. It’s highly concentrated, so you’ll use less product. And with

a flexible application window and exceptional tank mixability, nothing is easier to use.

EVEREST 2.0. What a difference one generation can make.

Always read and follow label directions. EVEREST and the EVEREST 2.0 logo are registered trademarks of Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. “Flush after flush” is a trademark of Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. Arysta LifeScience and the Arysta LifeScience logo are registered trademarks of Arysta LifeScience Corporation. ©2012 Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. ESTC-162

RelenTleSS on weedS

eASy on wheAT

wIde wIndow oF APPlICATIon

TReAT MoRe wITh leSS

InCReASed yIeld PoTenTIAl

To learn more, visit www.everest2-0.ca