Environmental benefit is part of organic market value, but organic weed management usually means tillage, commonly considered a black mark for soil health.

Don Flaten, soil scientist at the University of Manitoba, discusses options growers might have for their canola crop if they missed anhydrous applications last fall.

With a wet harvest leaving farmers in many areas of western Canada considering options for addressing soil compaction, one option is seeding cover crops —specifically radishes — to break up root-restricting compacted soil, says Yvonne Lawley, plant science professor and researcher at the University of Manitoba.

Rob Gluden from the University of Manitoba explains the role that crop canopies can play in helping reduce the survival of kochia offspring that are herbicide resistant.