Watch Now: Managing Resistant Wild Oats on Your Farm
Hear from farmers across Western Canada as they share their experiences, management tools and techniques to manage the spread of resistant wild oats within their own operations.
Understanding Resistant Wild Oats | ROWAC | Canadian Weed Science Society
The video features insights from multiple grain farmers discussing their experiences and strategies for managing herbicide-resistant wild oats. Farmers from different regions share their stories of discovering resistance, the importance of testing, and adjusting management practices. They emphasize the need for proactive monitoring and timely actions, like rotating herbicide groups and using multiple modes of action to manage weed resistance. These farmers highlight the value of investing in research, using data-driven methods, and adopting integrated weed management strategies to stay ahead of herbicide resistance. They also stress that long-term success requires continuous learning, good record-keeping, and collaboration with the broader farming community.
SaskBarley is one of the proud sponsors of this video produced by the Resistant Wild Oat Action Committee (RWOAC), focused on better understanding resistant wild oats across the Canadian prairies.
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