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Canadian growers will be able to dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides at special collection events beginning Monday, October 15 in British Columbia and October 22 in Alberta.
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This new incarnation of NAFTA maintains Chapter 19’s dispute settlement mechanism, but also puts constraints on Canada from establishing free-trade negotiations.
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To speed up traceability during an outbreak, the big box retailer has partnered with IBM and food suppliers to provide a solution that runs on blockchain technology in the US.
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A structured irrigation strategy can optimize the rootzone, and consequently decrease plant stress and potentially increase yields. There are a couple of factors to consider when planning an irrigation strategy. Grodan has devised a 6-phase model for vegetables. Phase 1 starts when the block is transplanted onto the slab, and Phase 6 ends when the last fruit is harvested. Most growers are currently in maximum production or Phase 5.
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This year’s Sawaya Garden Trials had higher than normal temperatures, followed by lots of rain two weeks before the open house. You could see the petunia varieties that stood up to the rain, ones that recovered quickly and ones invaded by botrytis or just refused to wake up. Some like the lantanas, angelonias, portulacas, and scaevola were slow at the beginning of the summer but picked up very fast mid-July. The summer heat was too much for the nemesia and diascia.
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