The work looked at crop responses to P and K for corn, soybeans, winter wheat and alfalfa from 368 trials conducted over the last several decades and compared most economic rates to current Ontario fertilizer guidelines.» Read more...
The Strategic Agri-Food Processing Fund will support industry investment in projects that address the processing capacity shortage and increase the sector’s competitiveness and resilience against future disruptions.» Read more...
A total of six small businesses will receive up to $150,000 each to advance automation and robotic technologies aimed at curbing challenges such as productivity and labour shortages in the agricultural sector.» Read more...
Markus Weber, president of LandView Drones Inc., says one benefit of drone application for patchy weeds is targeted application. Along with developing practices and procedures for Canada thistle control by drone applications, Weber is hoping that the research data from this project could contribute more generally towards enabling this pesticide application method, which is not yet allowed in Canada.» Learn more...
Researchers are investigating a broad-spectrum plant defense approach as an alternative option for important crop diseases in Western Canada, where genetic plant resistance is lacking or chemical treatments are not sufficient. They are interested in determining whether natural defense priming agents may offer an alternative approach and/or work in combination with current strategies.» Learn more...
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