By Alice McFarlane

Stock Growers discuss weed control

Jan 23, 2019 | 5:00 PM

Continued use of strychnine poison for gopher control and funding of mandatory semi-truck driver training were among resolutions approved at the Saskatchewan Stock Growers semi-annual meeting last week.

President Bill Huber said delegates also passed a resolution asking the province to provide funding for weed control in community pastures.

“There’s a real concern over leafy spurge in some of these community pastures and it’s really hard to control,” Huber said.

Leafy spurge is a perennial that can become an aggressive invader. It reproduces primarily by re-sprouting from its creeping root system, but also by seed. It is extremely difficult to control.

“Most people are pretty familiar with the terrain in a community pasture. It’s rough and not accessible with high clearance sprayers,” Huber said. “The chemical to control some of these weeds isn’t registered for aerial application.”

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Huber said it’s a problem that needs to be addressed in the very near future.

alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca