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LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Glyphosate, the herbicide that

has revolutionized weed control

since its introduction in 1974, faces

steadily increasing restrictions and

in some cases outright bans in vari-

ous countries around the world.

That situation is putting pressure

on farmers to find alternative mea-

sures of weed control. Though

there is increased emphasis now

on developing new modes of

action in herbicides, the loss of

glyphosate in the weed control

arsenal would be a major blow,

said weed scientist Hugh Beckie.

Beckie, formerly with Agriculture

Canada in Saskatoon, is now direc-

tor of Australia’s herbicide resis-

tance initiative at the University of

Western Australia in Perth.

“Yes, we’re seeing a resurgence in

herbicide discovery, but it’s still

going to be not what it was in the

’50s, ’60s and ’70s, the heydays of

the chemical era,” Beckie told those

at the December Farming Smarter

conference in Lethbridge.

“But also we’re seeing a number of

countries that are banning not just

glyphosate but products like pera-

quat, 2,4-D, some fungicides and

herbicides, so I expect, for example,

in five years the majority of the Euro-

pean Union countries will have

banned glyphosate. Peraquat is

already banned in many areas.

“In Australia, we’re quite con-

cerned about losing glyphosate.

Most growers think we will lose it in

the next five years. And it’s not just

glyphosate. It could be other herbi-

cides as well.… Certainly in conser-

vation tillage, glyphosate has been

the bedrock and so if we lose

glyphosate, there would certainly

be more mechanical weed control.”

Beckie has long been at the fore-

front of research into herbicide

resistant weeds. Australian farmers

have been battling them for years

but are able to remain profitable by

using an array of management

tools, he said.

Among those is the use of “crop

topping,” in which peraquat or

glyphosate are sprayed pre-harvest

to reduce weed seed set and to des-

iccate the crop.

“Harvest weed seed control, we

call that the holy grail of weed man-

agement, and that’s really kept a lot

of growers in Australia in business

when times were tough,” Beckie

said.“In Australia I would guess that 90

percent of growers use some form

of harvest weed seed control.”

Agriculture contemplates

life without glyphosate

Weed control alternatives needed as farmers face the possibility of losing important herbicides

BY SEAN PRATT

SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The malting barley industry is at a

crossroads, says the managing

director of the Canadian Malting

Barley Technical Centre.

AC Metcalfe is releasing its stran-

glehold on acres, making room for

a collection of up-and-coming,

higher-yielding new varieties, said

Peter Watts.

Western Canadian far mers

planted 652,398 acres of Metcalfe

in 2019, representing 24 percent of

total malt barley acres last year.

That was good for second place

behind CDC Copeland’s 1.16 mil-

lion acres and 44 percent share of

the market.

Copeland’s market share is

declining as well but not nearly as

fast as Metcalfe.

End of an era:

AC Metcalfe

loses its grip

Malting barley variety

that dominated market

for 14 years now making

way for newer varieties

SEE END OF ERA, PAGE 5 »

SEE WITHOUT GLYPHOSATE, PAGE 4 »

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020

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