SOYBEAN EDITION - Nufarm Canada

Nufarmer
Manitoba 2013
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AN UPDATE ON
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2013 Manitoba Soybean
Yield Challenge (Pg. 3)
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Profile on Valtera. 2
A specialized solution for Manitoba’s
fastest growing crop.
Here to stay. 3
New soybean varieties and high
commodity prices attracting growers.
Early one-two punch! 4
Valtera and glyphosate the perfect mix
for extended early-season control.
A solution for volunteer canola? 5
Anecdotal evidence suggests Valtera
may help.
Don’t get in a rut! 6
Residual control lets you delay
spraying until fields are dry.
Made-for-Manitoba. 6
NorthStar Genetics Manitoba offers
seed varieties suited for local growing
conditions.
IP Innovation. 8
Valtera provides a new tool for
IP bean growers.
Cover - Edward Cook
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Profile on Valtera .
A specialized solution for Manitoba’s fastest
growing crop.
A
new crop is quickly gaining ground in a landscape once dominated by wheat.
In 2012, Manitoba growers planted an astounding 839,000 acres of soybeans.
It was a significant jump from the 578,000 acres seeded in 2011. The consensus seems to
be that this number will surpass the 1 million acre mark. Possibly as early as this year.
Nufarm Agriculture has long provided innovative solutions to growers in Ontario, where
soybeans are very well established. We are pleased to make these unique products available
to our loyal customers in Manitoba.
One new product in particular has been attracting a great deal of attention: Valtera
herbicide.
Developed by Valent USA Corporation and marketed in Canada by Nufarm, Valtera is
a residual herbicide that effectively controls a wide variety of weed challenges in this
non-competitive crop.
The residual control is especially important in beans, where in-crop herbicide treatments
can be a challenge in wet spring conditions due to the risk of rutting the soil (a definite
no-no in beans).
This special edition of Nufarmer has been dedicated exclusively to soybean solutions,
with a focus on this unique new herbicide.
Here to stay.
New soybean varieties and
high commodity prices attracting growers.
F
armers have been trying to grow beans in Manitoba for years. But after many experiences
that were hit-and-miss, things have finally changed.
Attractive commodity prices and new seed varieties suited to Manitoba growing conditions
are key factors behind the crop’s recent success.
Nufarmer travelled to Meadows, Manitoba (12 miles west of Winnipeg) where we caught
up with Tim Winter. He is the owner of Ag Advantage, an independent retailer that has
experienced rapid growth in recent years. We asked Tim to trace the newfound popularity
of this crop.
Nufarmer: How long have farmers been growing beans in this part
of the province?
Tim Winter: My Dad tried them in ’72. Varieties weren’t suited to the area. It didn’t work
out for him.
Over the past 10 years, other guys would try. They’d have troubles… then try again
two years later.

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Nufarmer: But things have finally changed…
Winter: The varieties are getting better all the time. We’re getting some
better results. It’s a very simple crop to grow. You don’t need all the inputs.
Nufarmer: By cutting back on inputs, growers can cut back
on expenses. So the economics make soybeans attractive.
Winter: We’ve pursued soybeans because nitrogen prices are so darn
high. Plus, bean prices are just unbelievable.
Nufarmer: Are they mainly being grown by those who are
familiar with beans and tend to grow larger acres, or is it
a crop that’s attracting first-timers?
Winter: It’s a real mix. There are a few guys who are just getting their
feet wet and starting out. It’s an easy crop to grow but there’s a lot to know.
A good agronomist or retailer can point them in the right direction.
Nufarmer: Valtera is a pre-emergent herbicide that you
started carrying when it first came out, two years ago.
Why is it important to have another weed control option
for this crop?
Winter: Beans are non-competitive, so you want your fields as clean
as they can be. We’re putting Valtera down with glyphosate, so we’re
getting a clean field to start off.
Nufarmer: What has your impression been so far?
ith new seed varieties, improved management practices and
innovative herbicides such as Valtera , Manitoba growers are
taking soybean yields to new heights.
To see just how high, Nufarm and NorthStar Genetics Manitoba
are looking for the province’s top yielding soybean grower.
The best of the best. The King Bean!
You’ll be judged on yield results on an 80-acre plot of your choosing.
The only stipulation is that you must use Valtera herbicide
and plant a NorthStar Genetics soybean variety on at least
80 acres* (which is a given for anyone who wants to maximize yield).
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Winter: One thing I really like is the
residual control. You think your beans are
Roundup Ready ® so you can go in at any
time and clean up. But if it’s wet, Valtera
buys you time and prevents you from
making ruts.
Nufarmer: Would you
recommend Valtera in
non-GMO beans?
Winter: It’s an absolute no-brainer. One
customer with the full-gamut of weeds put Valtera down. He phoned at
herbicide time and asked do we need to spray this field or will Valtera
be enough?
We thought it was a joke. But Mike, our agronomist, went down to look
at the field and he could not believe how clean it was!
Nufarmer: Being a pre-emergent, is Valtera tricky to use?
Winter: No not at all. Spray it prior to seeding and seed your beans
with a low disturbance seeding tool, ¼ inch of rain and it’s giving you
weed control. No incorporation is needed.
Nufarmer: This year saw a record number of soybeans
planted in Manitoba. Do you think this trend will continue?
Winter: Beans aren’t going away. Guys are liking it!
The Manitoba Soybean Yield Challenge.
Compete for the title of “Top of the Field in Soybean Yield.”
W
Not only will winners have bragging
rights as “Top of The Field in Soybean Yield.”
They’ll also go home with some great prizes.
1st Prize: John Deere Zero Turn Mower
2nd Prize: $1,500 WestJet travel gift voucher
3rd Prize: $1,000 WestJet travel gift voucher
Register by June 15, 2013. Register at your retailer,
www.nufarm.ca or call 1-800-868-5444.
Contest is only open to Manitoba residents. Soybean crops must be grown within Manitoba provincial borders in the 2013 growing season. 3rd party verified yield data is based on an 80-acre
commercially harvested consecutive acres within a field and must be supplied by November 15, 2013. All prizes must be accepted as awarded (no cash value).
* To qualify, growers must have used a minimum 80 acres of Valtera herbicide and plant 80 acres of a NorthStar Genetics soybean variety on the same 80 acres on their crop in 2013.
Tim Winter
Grand Prize:
John Deere Zero
Turn Mower.

Early One-Two Punch!
Valtera and glyphosate: the perfect mix for extended early-season control.
B
eing in the heart of Manitoba soybean country, Roland Air
(of Roland, Manitoba) provides crop protection products and
custom application services to a large number of bean growers.
Whether it’s GMO or conventional seed, weed control options are
few and far between in this crop. So when Jeff Parks and the team at
Roland Air were introduced to Valtera two years ago, they were eager
to see how it worked.
What caught their attention was the powerful one-two punch they
would get by tankmixing Valtera with a spring glyphosate application.
Not only would they get clean fields at burnoff, they were told Valtera
would help keep them that way – with up to 56 days of residual control.
Best of all, there were no cropping restrictions.
Parks has been very impressed with everything he has seen and feels
Valtera has lived up to its billing.
“If you have a cleaner field it should help with yields. Valtera has
greatly cut down our population of key broadleaf weeds.”
Being a relatively new product to the Canadian market, Parks says
they are still experimenting to see which rate works best.
In most cases, they have found the 40 acre/jug rate is sufficient to
control the target weeds listed on the label. This includes redroot pigweed,
green pigweed, ragweed, lamb’s-quarters, hairy nightshade and eastern
black nightshade. Valtera also provides suppression of yellow foxtail.
Where pressure is greater, the higher 30 acre rate leaves the field
exceptionally clean.
At the higher rate, they have found Valtera to be surprisingly effective
on volunteer canola – which is not on the label. Parks was not entirely
shocked by this, as the product has been widely used to target this weed
in the United States for over 14 years.
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Valtera
Resistance management.
Valtera is also a welcome addition when it comes to resistance
management.
“In this part of the world we’re probably overusing glyphosate,”
Parks admits.
He points out that glyphosate is no longer simply a burnoff and
pre-harvest tool. With Roundup Ready® crops now extending to
soybeans, canola and corn, growers are using it one or two more
times in-crop. It’s all adding up, which concerns Jeff Parks.
Valtera introduces a new Group 14 chemistry with a 51.1%
formulation of flumioxazin. As a residual product, it is an entirely
different mode of action from glyphosate.
Jeff Parks says that in some instances Valtera will work so well that
it will allow growers to cut back to a
single in-crop glyphosate treatment.
One less glyphosate treatment is not
only better for resistance
management… but your bank account
as well!
Jeff Parks

A solution for volunteer canola?
Anecdotal evidence suggests Valtera may help.
R
oundup Ready ® canola volunteers are a serious concern in
soybeans, where weed control options are limited – and Group
2 post -emergents can cause crop injury and be cost- prohibitive.
While volunteer canola is not currently on the Canadian label for
Valtera, many growers have reported that this Group 14 is helping to
curb this weed when applied at the 30-acre/jug rate.
An early adopter, Cam Stewart has been growing beans since 2003.
He first started using Valtera when it was introduced. While he knew it
was registered to control his pigweed and lamb’s-quarters challenges,
he was more interested to see if it would help reduce volunteer canola
pressure. Since volunteer canola appears on the American label, he
thought it must perform similarly on this side of the border.
“All our fields had Roundup Ready canola. So I had to do something,”
he admits.
Stewart had recently taken over a field that was seeded with Roundup
Ready canola in 2010, and many years prior to that. He planned to
grow soybeans on this land. While he says glyphosate tolerant volunteer
canola can be controlled in other crops, soybeans are another matter.
He decided it would be the perfect test for Valtera. He sprayed 90
acres at the 30 acre/case rate and 360 acres at the 40 acre/jug rate.
“At the 30 acre rate Valtera worked really well,” Stewart recalls. He
only saw a handful of volunteer canola plants in the field, and attributed
it to Valtera’s residual control.
He observed that the 30 acre rate also provided sharper control of
pigweed and lamb’s-quarters… virtually eliminating these weeds.
Edward Cook of Dugald, Manitoba has had similarly good luck with
Valtera. His primary reason for using it was to gain control of some
larger wild buckwheat that was competing with his beans at the critical
early growth stage.
He was pleasantly surprised when he noticed there was little or
no volunteer canola in the soybean crop where he sprayed Valtera.
Meanwhile, the one field he did not spray (one where he was growing
beans for seed production) was yellow with canola.
“It gives me another option for controlling those broadleaf weeds.
We’ll try Valtera again next year, especially now that I’ve seen what
it does on Roundup Ready volunteer canola,” Cook says.
Myles Robinson, Nufarm’s Territory Manager for Manitoba, has heard
similar reports from a number of growers and retailers. While he is
excited by these success stories, he cautions that volunteer canola is not
a registered weed at this time.
“Nufarm is working with regulators to see if the claims of volunteer
canola control do in fact hold up. If so, we hope volunteer canola will
be added to the label. We know farmers
would love to have a product that is
registered to control this highly problematic
weed. It would be great news for everyone
if Valtera fits the bill,” Robinson says.
Edward Cook has seen all he needs
to see. He predicts that with today’s
better weed control (thanks to innovative
products such as Valtera), better
genetics, improved seeding technology
and enhanced inoculants, a 35 to 40
bushel crop is within reach.
Cam Stewart
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Don’t get in a rut!
Residual control lets you delay spraying until fields are dry.
S
oybeans aren’t your typical crop. To achieve higher yields, the field
needs be rolled as flat as possible before or at the time of seeding.
This promotes uniform growth and makes the low hanging beans easier
to harvest. Those who do not have a level soil bed will leave a lot of the
crop behind and will pay the price in the form of lost yield.
So… after you’ve spent all that time and effort to get your soil just right,
the last thing you want to do is to cause ruts by going into the field with
your sprayer while it is wet.
This is where having a residual pre -plant/pre - emergent herbicide,
such as Valtera, gives you a valuable insurance policy… by delaying
the need for a follow-up in-crop glyphosate treatment.
Valtera provides anywhere between 28 to 56 days of residual control
against a variety of broadleaf weeds that can compete for nutrients. This
includes common ragweed, pigweeds, lamb’s-quarters and black
nightshade.
Roger Vaggs first tried growing beans in 2003. He farms 3,200 acres
near Dougall, Manitoba (on the east side of the Red River Valley). Vaggs
has ramped things up the past five or six seasons and is now growing
NorthStar Genetics Manitoba
offers seed varieties suited for
local growing conditions.
anitoba soybean producers are having greater success with this
crop than ever before. A key reason is the introduction of premium
seed suited to growing conditions in this province.
NorthStar Genetics Manitoba is seen as a driving force behind this
change.
A great deal of research and field testing has been done to come up
with varieties that will stand up to Manitoba’s unique growing conditions
– including lower than normal temperatures.
Here are some helpful hints for growing a great soybean crop,
courtesy of NorthStar Genetics Manitoba:
800 to 1,100 acres of GMO soybeans.
He’s learned a few things along the way.
“Soybeans are terribly sensitive to compaction,”
Vaggs says.
One thing he’s done to address this
challenge is to switch to 30” rows. The Roger Vaggs
other is to use Valtera and glyphosate as
a post-applied burndown. Because of the
residual control, he is able to keep off the
fields until the land is dry enough to bear the weight of his sprayer.
Vaggs decided to try Valtera on an 80 acre field where he’s had an
ongoing battle with broadleaf weeds.
Lamb’s-quarters and smartweed are his greatest challenges. It was custom
applied at the lower label rate of 40 acre/jug.
“Valtera really lived up to my expectations. It’s done a wonderful job,”
he reports.
To avoid leaving ruts in your manicured fields, make tracks to your
retailer and ask about Valtera.
Made-for-Manitoba.
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Variety selection:
Maturity is the most important factor when choosing a soybean variety.
Soybean seed varieties can be selected based on a number of factors
relating to maturity. NorthStar will ask customers the following questions in
order to recommend the right variety:
• What are your heat units? Temperature is the main limiting
factor for those growing beans in Manitoba. Different varieties are
suited to different temperatures. Varieties suited for the prairies range
from 2,325 to 2,600 heat units.
• How much daylight do you get? Soybean varieties have
varying degrees of day length sensitivity. Varieties with high daylight
sensitivity will reach maturity without the ideal heat units, and can be
grown in non-traditional areas.
• What disease pressures do you face?
• What is the growth habit in your area
(ie. height, branching)?

Variety diversity:
Varieties come in three classes: early, mid and long-season. One piece
of advice NorthStar recommends to those growing large acres is the
importance of using more than one variety within the maturity class.
This way, growers aren’t putting all of their eggs in one basket. Earlier
varieties can be seeded as insurance against frost, while later varieties
will offer the hope of higher yield potential.
Field selection:
Soybeans can grow well in a wide range of soil types, but are most
suited to medium-textured loamy soils. Lighter sandy soils, gravelly soils
and stony fields are not recommended.Heavy clay soils will produce a
good crop; yet require careful preparation to get the crop established.
Planting conditions:
It is critical to plant into warm soil (at least 10°C). The earlier you can
reach this temperature and start planting, the better.
To speed up the process, it is recommended the field be blackened in
order to maximize solar heat absorption. This can be done in the fall via
a single tillage or heavy harrow operation that will expose the soil while
maintaining some stubble.
Seeding date:
As mentioned above, it is crucial to avoid planting into cold soils.
Research has shown that soil temperatures lower than 10°C in the first
24 hours after planting will result in a “cold shock” from which the seeds
will never fully recover. This can cause:
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• Lower germination.
• Higher disease susceptibility.
• Shorter plants with lower pod heights.
Although soybean cotyledons can withstand a light spring frost of up
to -3°C for short periods, it is advised that seeding should be delayed
to avoid the risk of frost injury. One rule of thumb suggests waiting until
about 5 days before the typical last frost date before planting, provided
the soil has adequately warmed up.
Recommended seeding rate and row
spacing:
There is no best row spacing to use, as it can depend on your
geography, heat units, machinery, pest management and other cultural
practices. Variety selection may dictate row spacing. Varieties with lower
tendency to branch (typically earlier varieties) are better suited to solid
seeding. Higher branching varieties are recommended in wide row
applications.
1. Solid seeded: 200,000 and 220,000 plants/acre.
2. Narrow row (15” – 22”): 175,000 to 200,000 plants/acre.
3. Wide row (30”): 150,000 to 175,000 plants/acre.
Solid seeding is popular because no special equipment is required
and the canopy can protect the crop from late season frost. Wide row
spacing can reduce seed cost and reduce spread of diseases (such as
white mold).
To learn more about NorthStar’s proven varieties and to find the
authorized NorthStar dealer nearest you, visit weknowbeans.com.

IP Innovation.
Valtera provides a new tool for IP bean growers.
M
ark Morse is part of the small but determined group of
producers who are committed to growing food grade IP
soybeans. He prizes his independence, and has never been a fan
of the contracts associated with growing GMO beans.
Today it is getting harder to find conventional seed – and only a
handful of companies are still conducting breeding programs. But Morse
finds a way to make it work. Last season he planted 1,300 acres of
beans on his family farm near Starbuck, Manitoba. In fact, he’s
dedicated 50% of his land to bean production.
Conventional bean farmers face different weed challenges than those
growing Roundup Ready ® crops. Without the option of using glyphosate
in-crop, they have embraced Valtera and its powerful residual control.
In a crop where weed control options are few and far between,
having an innovative new herbicide is opening doors.
“This year is the first time I’m getting close to having my fields as
clean as Roundup Ready fields,” Morse beams. He attributes much of
this success to the addition of Valtera to his management program.
“It’s my latest tool.”
Morse rolls the field prior to seeding and plants his beans into cereal
stubble using a planter set for 15” rows. He prefers to apply his Valtera
/glyphosate tank mix after seeding. The glyphosate takes care of most
emerged weeds and Valtera keeps lamb’s-quarters and other weeds
at bay. He’s getting 40 days of residual control, which takes him
comfortably into late June.
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Valtera
In addition, Morse finds Valtera
does an excellent job of suppressing a
variety of common weeds that do not
appear on the label. If the conditions
are right, Mark Morse’s beans are
yielding 40 bushels/acre, which is
right on-par with GMO yields. With
results like that, Valtera is seen as a
small investment that is quickly
paying off.
Mark Morse
Giving soybeans (and
those who grow them)
the attention they
deserve.
Because we are smaller and more nimble than our larger
competitors, Nufarm is able to provide innovative solutions for
crops that fly under other company’s radars. Like all Nufarm
products Valtera is fully serviced and is priced for everyday
value… without the hassle of rebates and complicated
programs. It’s all part of a “business made easy”
commitment that’s exclusive to Nufarm.
Innovative solutions.
Business made easy.