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Weed of the Week: Saltcedar – The Western Producer

"My great aunt farmed for her whole career. She used to say, ‘a sharp hoe is as good as a rain any day.’ And there are weeds where no registered chemistry is available or that can be applied in riparian areas, so manual removal is one of the only options.

Saltcedar is one of those and has been moving into Western Canada.

It is the type of pest that makes droughts droughtier.

A dry-range plant…