Reduced Chemical
Cropping Systems
Some no-till farmers have had success in reducing use of pesticides and fertilizers on their farms. In the case of fertilizer use reduction, soils under no-till for 10 to 15 years had "rebuilt" themselves to the point where not as much fertilizer supplementation was required to produce a good crop. In the case of pesticide use reduction, less herbicide use was attributed to growing more vigourous and healthy crop plants that could compete better with weeds. A pilot project for pesticide reduction, called "Pesticide Free Production" was conducted in Manitoba for 5 years with very positive results.
Articles
Pesticide Free Production
- What is Pesticide Free Production
- Guidelines for Pesticide Free Production
- Manitoba Success With PFP (PowerPoint presentation, opens in new window)
- What Are Consumers Saying About PFP? (PowerPoint presentation, opens in new window)
- Crop Rotation and Pesticide Free Production: Carman, Manitoba
- Alternative Weed Control Strategies and Pesticide Free Production: Brandon, Manitoba
Pest Management
- Know Your Weeds: Weed Identification and Biology (opens in new window)
- Know Your Insects: Insect Identification and Biology (opens in new window)
- Predicting Weed Emergence Using Temperature
- Reducing Herbicide Rates: How Far Can We Go?
- Taming Dandelion
- How a Swedish Model Can Help You Use Fewer Chemicals
- In-Crop Tillage for Weed Control
Paper
Review: Redesigning Canadian prairie cropping systems for profitability, sustainability, and resilience. Thiessen Martens, J. R., Entz, M. H. and Wonneck, M. D. 2015.
This page created October 2005.
Last updated September 2016..