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 The lush fields of winter wheat have the potential for greater yield than spring wheat in many areas

of Ontario and Quebec. Where growing it works, winter cereals are generally the preferred crop. However keeping both weeds and disease out of the crop is critical to achieving a yield bump over its spring counterpart.

While some weeds germinate in the fall and can be controlled before fields go dormant, most winter annuals are tackled in early spring. Aggressive weeds such as glyphosate resistant Canada fleabane are of particular concern for winter wheat growers. The key to controlling those weeds is getting in early and stopping them from robbing your yield.

“If you wait until the canopy closes then it’s too late, and you won’t get that contact that is needed to eliminate those weeds,” says Allan Kaastra, Agronomic Development Horticulture and Row Crops with Bayer. “An early, T1 application of herbicide plus a fungicide will take care of those competitive weeds and early season disease so the pressure is much lower when the crop starts to build yield.”

In Eastern Canada, the primary early diseases in winter wheat include septoria leaf spot and powdery mildew. As the crop matures, common rust and stripe rust start to make their way into the field. Then finally at heading, fusarium is the primary disease concern for winter wheat growers.

Infinity® herbicide is an effective early application herbicide that will take on tough to kill glyphosate resistant Canada

In Eastern Canada, early control sets winter wheat up for the season

fleabane. When mixed with Stratego® PRO fungicide, winter wheat growers are able to also manage those early diseases, before the disease – or weeds – can damage the yield potential of the crop.

“The disease can be region specific, but for areas that can successfully manage powdery mildew in particular, a good herbicide and fungicide

package is critical,” says Kaastra. “The gold standard for control would be a T1 application of an early herbicide, sprayed together with a fungicide to save a pass and to take on those early and mid-season diseases. Then follow it up with a T3 fungicide application, like Prosaro® XTR, when the crop is flowering to help manage for fusarium.”

To learn more about Infinity, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/infinity. And for more information on disease control with Stratego PRO and Prosaro XTR, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/Stratego-PRO and cropscience.bayer.ca/Prosaro-XTR.

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Take early control of weeds in corn

 Your corn crop’s potential is the greatest right at seeding. However, weeds can start

robbing that potential from day one. Weeds and corn will compete for moisture and nutrients, weakening the crop’s emergence, establishment and ultimately its yield at harvest.

By taking the optimal early season corn herbicide approach, often best obtained using a two-pass, set-up acre program, you will help your corn get through the critical weed free period, which research proves to be from emergence to the six-leaf stage. Research from the University of Guelph shows that up to three bushels are lost per day, for every day corn is under heavy weed pressure during this critical weed free period. After the six-leaf stage little, if any losses to yield are usually seen.

CONVERGE XTSTART THIS SEASON WITH THE BEST

Get the best out of your corn field by using Converge® XT herbicide. It offers broad-spectrum weed control and a wide application window, including a proven set-up acre use pattern. Converge

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XT has the ability to recharge with as little as a ½ inch of rain for residual activity that continues to control later flushes of weeds. Converge XT can be applied before planting or prior to crop emergence, up to the three-leaf stage of corn.

VIOS G3AN EASY TANK MIX WITH GLYPHOSATE FOR IN-CROP BROAD-SPECTRUM RESIDUAL WEED CONTROL

From the start of the season to the end of harvest, it takes a lot of work to keep your corn looking its best, but it doesn’t have to. If you prefer an in-crop herbicide application to control weeds in your corn, Vios™ G3 is an easy, simple to use product that gives you the performance you need. Tank mix Vios G3 with glyphosate for broad-spectrum, in-crop residual weed control. Just one 1.78 L jug treats 40 acres of corn, keeping weeds out of your field and off your mind.

Protect your corn and maximize your yield. For more information on these products and which are the best fit for your farm, visit cropscience.bayer.ca

 For an easy way to collect cash rewards or to join the exciting group trip in 2020, learn more about the BayerValue/Hot Potatoes® Rewards Program.

There are three steps to help earn you up to 12 % in total savings:• For a base rebate, purchase a minimum of $1000 within

each of any two segments (fungicides, herbicides or other) to get a four % rebate. If you purchase $1000 in each of the three segments, that rebate is bumped to five %.

• When you purchase a minimum of $1000 each of two bonus products, you will get an additional four % rebate.

Purchase $1000 each of three bonus products and get an additional five % rebate.

• When you purchase a minimum of $74,000 worth of Bayer products you will get a one % purchase bonus, and that number jumps to two % when you purchase over $100,000.

For more information on eligible products in the different segments, and a list of bonus products, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/BayerValue. You can also contact your local retail for more information on the BayerValue/HotPotatoes program.

The NEW BayerValue/Hot Potatoes Rewards Program  gives more opportunity for savings for Eastern Canadian  and horticulture growers

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Take another look at your weed profile

Take control of cleavers

 The list of top weeds is changing, and along with that shift comes a necessary adjustment in

management practices to control those weeds. The most recent weed survey shows higher overall densities of weeds in recent years, although those densities vary somewhat depending on where on the Prairies you are growing. The weeds that have long been problematic continue to appear across Prairie fields. The top three most prevalent weeds — green foxtail, wild buckwheat and wild oats — have remained in the top three since the 1970s. While they continue to pop up each season, growers have become adept at managing them and crop protection products have evolved to better manage those weeds.

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 Now that you’ve booked your favourite InVigor canola hybrids for the upcoming season, it’s time to think

about your pre-seed burn down options for controlling cleavers — and that’s where the three for three hundred offer comes in. Save $3/acre on your first 300 acres of FMC’s Command® herbicide with the purchase of 300 acres of InVigor hybrid canola.

The benefits of Command®?• It is a soil applied herbicide that is quickly

absorbed into the root systems of spring germinating cleavers, providing residual activity for up to four weeks.

• Command® controls initial weed flushes, taking the pressure off in-crop herbicide applications for better season-long control.

• As a Group 13 herbicide, Command® also takes on Group 2 and Group 4 herbicide resistant cleavers.

This season, talk to your local retailers for full details on how to save up to $900, or visit cropscience.bayer.ca/Command

However, the overall weed profile on the Prairies continues to shift. Foxtail barley, sow-thistle and broadleaf plantain made it into the top 20 for the first time in 2017. Foxtail barley, in particular, has steadily increased since the advent of no or minimum tillage farming practices. While the weed was identified by settlers more than 150 years ago, it was easily managed by tillage. Foxtail barley is a short lived perennial weed that relies on seeds for reproduction. Without tillage, it is able to disperse and establish, although its seed bank will only remain for two-three years. To ensure you know what weeds are in your fields, scout regularly and take a season-long approach to tackling whatever weeds threaten the success of your crop.

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Start the season clean

Two powerful tank mix partners

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 After years of high seeded canola acres, many growers face the challenge of controlling volunteer

canola. “When seeding into a new canola crop, growers need to start thinking about volunteer canola as a weed,” says Blaine Woycheshin, Crop Manager - Canola with Bayer. “Canola is not very competitive during emergence so a clean field is very important for successful emergence. It can be hard to distinguish volunteer canola from a newly emerging canola crop, so an effective pre-seed burndown that

addressees volunteer canola is critical.” Volunteer canola in your field is a problem because:• It’s not the canola you paid for• The volunteer can be a host for disease• Volunteers can be tolerant to your

current system, making them difficult to control

Pardner® herbicide is a pre-season tank-mix partner with RoundUp WeatherMAX® herbicide and other glyphosate technologies to control volunteer canola, regardless of herbicide tolerance. Glyphosate alone can leave

behind glyphosate resistant weeds and other volunteer canola, so a tank mix with Pardner provides a more reliable solution and gets your season off to a clean start.

For more information on how to make Pardner a part of your canola program, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/Pardner.

Save up to $2 per acre when you tank mix Luxxur™ herbicide and Trophy® for powerful control of key broadleaf and grass weeds in wheat. Ask your retail for details or visit cropscience.bayer.ca/Luxxur for more information

The BayerValue® West program continues to provide growers with access to savings on the full suite of Bayer’s innovative crop protection solutions, but the savings don’t stop there. In addition to your InVigor® Purchase Bonus you’ll also receive valuable savings on a wide range of your favourite Bayer innovations. Plus, you can combine your BayerValue savings with other programing to save even more. Earn an additional 2% on your fungicide purchases (up to 17% in total) by taking advantage of the Fungicide Multiplier Bonus. And with the Incredible Bayer Offer, you can save up to $2/acre more on your cereal herbicide purchases.

For more information visit CropScience.Bayer.ca/BayerValue, contact our rebate fulfillment centre at 1 888.283-6847 or ask your local retail.

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 For 10 consecutive seasons, Bayer’s Fungicide Trial program has taken a closer look at disease in your crop,

determining when to spray and assessing the value of a fungicide application. These comprehensive trials have shown time and time again that a fungicide is a powerful tool to help protect the value of your crop. A decade of trials have seen everything Mother Nature can throw at a Canadian crop — from dry years to wet, seasons with very low disease pressure to those where disease was rampant. In virtually every trial, a fungicide application resulted in a positive return on investment with a higher yielding and better quality crop at harvest. Even in dry years, trials have shown how little moisture it takes for disease levels to increase. Bayer has conducted 364 large scale side-by-side replicated trials together with grower co-operators. Each trial has an untreated check to gauge disease pressure. Trials are conducted at common sites and under grower management and each co-operator fertilizes, seeds and

harvests using their standard practices. In addition to looking at economic thresholds, the trials looked at fungicide timing to determine the optimal time for a fungicide application on cereals. The results showed that unless there was high disease pressure at the flag leaf stage, waiting to apply at, or slightly past heading, gave a better quality and yield result. Bayer’s field marketing team works with growers to ensure the integrity of trial protocols and to help out wherever they can. This team of 14 people with diverse backgrounds has expertise across a wide array of agricultural topics. Team members assess the trials at 14 and 21 days post treatment to gather data that is displayed on the fungicide trial maps online.

The itpaystospray.ca website includes updated maps for your growing area, as well as an ROI calculator to show you the return you can expect from a fungicide application. Trials have been conducted on wheat, barley, oats, canola, lentils, soybeans, dry beans and peas. Delaro® on pulses and soybeans and Proline® on canola are the latest fungicides tested through the fungicide trial results. To see the value of a fungicide application in your area and on your crop, visit itpaystospray.ca. The complete results are also available in the 2018 Bayer Fungicide Trial booklet, also posted on the site.

ZONE SPRAYPrecisely what you need, exactly where you need it

As part of a NEW Digital Farming initiative, Bayer is excited to announce the launch of Zone Spray. Using in-season satellite imagery, Zone Spray enables you to make a more informed decision on which parts of your field are best worth protecting. With Zone Spray you can selectively protect the highest production zones of your crop while optimizing your fungicide application. For more information, or to sign up, visit digitalfarming.ca

Visit itpaystospray.ca for updated fungicide trial results