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Did you know you can check the progress of the 2024 Canadian Wheat Crop throughout the growing season? With seeding now well-underway across the Prairies, our team has started making regular updates to the Growing Season Progress Report. The report makes it easy stay abreast of what’s happening with the current wheat crop, including environmental factors that could impact crop quality or development. In this week's update, many producers across the Prairies welcomed the recent widespread precipitation and its beneficial impact on soil moisture. Some regions experienced seeding delays due to excess moisture and are hopeful for a pause in rainfall to resume seeding. Visit https://lnkd.in/g9rPFPUQ to see how its growing.

Oxadiazon 1.5 Plus is a fertilizer and herbicide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 53883-179. It was originally approved by EPA on 08 Aug 2005.It has a Warning signal word. It contains Oxadiazon. It's approved for 22 sites including buffalograss, ryegrass, st. augustinegrass, tall fescue, zoysiagrass, seashore paspalum, perennial bluegrass, ornamental woody shrubs, ornamental broadleaf evergreen shrubs, and ornamental trees. It is also approved for 112 pests and pest groups including but not limited to seashore paspalum, annual bluegrass, bristly foxtail, green foxtail, and st. augustinegrass. #pesticide #Fertilizer #Herbicide https://bit.ly/47cfhEl

🌱 Ready to level up your lawn game? Here are some top tips to keep your grass green and lush all season long! 🌿 1️⃣ Mow at the right height: Adjust your mower blades to cut your grass to the ideal height for its species. Taller grass shades the soil, reducing water evaporation and promoting deeper root growth. 2️⃣ Water deeply and infrequently: Instead of frequent shallow watering, give your lawn a deep soak once or twice a week. This encourages roots to grow deeper into the soil, making your lawn more resilient to drought. 3️⃣ Feed your lawn: Use a high-quality fertilizer to provide essential nutrients to your grass. Choose a fertilizer with the right balance of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for healthy growth. 4️⃣ Aerate regularly: Aerating your lawn helps loosen compacted soil and allows air, water, and nutrients to reach the roots more easily. Aim to aerate once or twice a year for best results. 5️⃣ Keep weeds at bay: Regularly remove weeds by hand or use an appropriate herbicide to prevent them from competing with your grass for resources. #kirbyteam #kirbyteaminvestments https://lnkd.in/gmZ4iSFq

Mineral source potassium fulvate: 1. Promote the development of crop root systems and increase the germination rate. 2. Improve fertilizer utilization efficiency. 3. Improve the drought, cold and disease resistance of plants. 4. Increase output and improve quality. 5. Improve soil and resist repeated cropping. Fulvic acid combines with calcium ions in the soil to form a stable aggregate structure, which regulates the water, fertilizer, air, and heat conditions of the soil, and promotes the proliferation of beneficial bacteria in the soil. It can improve crop resistance and has obvious repair functions for hardening and soil salinization caused by long-term excessive fertilization. #potassiumfulvate #Fulvicacid #biostimulant #biostimulants #wellyoutech

You Can't Control the Conditions but You Can Improve the Odds. Through an optimal extraction method and resultant high levels of active compounds in the end-product, #Kelpak Natural Plant Biostimulant promotes a healthy root system, strengthening stems, and fostering robust foliar growth. This ensures that crops are more resilient to abiotic stresses. Use Kelpak® before adverse conditions to fortify plants, or after frost, cold, drought, or heat for faster recovery. #kelpak #plantstress #biostimulant #eckloniamaxima

Maintain a healthy, green lawn year-round with fertilizer! Here are the benefits it can offer: 1️⃣ Lush Growth: Fertilizer boosts grass growth for a denser, greener lawn. 2️⃣ Weed Reduction: A healthy lawn means fewer weeds, naturally! 3️⃣ Drought Resilience: Strengthen your lawn to withstand dry spells. Wondering what type of fertilizer you should be using for your lawn? Check out our latest blog post to find out: https://lnkd.in/ePGHxHzD #LawnCare #FertilizerGuide

On this #WaterQualityWednesday, we’d like to share some reminders about fertilizing your yard this spring! 🌱 Overuse and improper application of fertilizers can have negative impacts on our water quality when runoff from yards washes into storm drains or drainage ditches, which lead directly into our bayous and rivers. Fertilizers are packed with beneficial nutrients, but an overabundance of these nutrients can lead to harmful results. Excess fertilizer runoff can cause rapid growth of algal blooms in our waterways, which can lead to dead zones and fish kills. To help abate these issues, be sure to not overuse fertilizers by following the manufacturer’s application instructions, and don’t apply on windy days or right before a large rainfall. Thank you for doing your part to protect #OurEstuary!

What are you looking for? Many factors go into a successful farm or ranch. One of the most important is observation. Walking your fields and looking for anything abnormal is a good way to spot problems before they become bad enough to hurt your crop. Magnesium is a quiet deficiency. If you can see symptoms in the leaves you’ve already lost your optimum yield potential. Before you see any above-ground plant nutrient deficiency symptoms you need to pull a few plants and look at the root structure. Plants absorb Mg primarily through their roots and when the root structure is diminished so is the plant’s ability to come into contact with needed nutrients. Most Mg makes it into the plant through mass flow, the movement of Mg2+ (the ionic form most plant-available) through the soil, past plant roots, and dissolved in soil water. The plant takes up needed water (because of respiration) and the dissolved Mg is absorbed at the same time. If we’re in a drought year this system isn’t very efficient. There has to be enough water in the soil. To learn more about magnesium deficiency and its effects to your crops contact us at https://lnkd.in/g2JFUw4E #magnesiumdeficiency #soilwater #massflow

How to prepare your lawn for spring! Feed your lawn: As temperatures rise, your grass will start waking up from its winter dormancy. Give it a boost with a spring fertilizer application rich in nitrogen to promote vigorous growth and vibrant color. 🌞💚 #Fertilize #GreenUp

At this time of year it’s important to assess nitrate risk, especially since variable weather across the country this season means some areas may be more susceptible. Dull overcast days and/or ‘stop-start’ growing conditions (plants that are growing again after a period of low or no growth, e.g. rain after drought conditions) Paddocks with a recent nitrogen application, or areas that have experienced dull overcast days and/or ‘stop-start’ growing conditions (plants that are growing again after a period of low or no growth, e.g. rain after drought conditions) can result in the accumulation of nitrate, meaning the plant takes it up faster than it can use it. If your short-term pasture (Italian or annual), winter brassica crops, winter green feed cereal or newly sown perennial pasture is due for its first nip - take a nitrate test first to assess if levels are in a risk zone. Without testing we can’t know if levels are potentially dangerous. Nitrate test kits are useful but not as accurate as laboratory testing. Laboratory testing remains the ‘gold standard’ most reliable method.