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Prolonged heat and drought conditions across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are reducing yield and crop quality for key field crops, with particular concern over pasture and hay.
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Five innovative agricultural ambassadors have been selected as the 2021 inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame: Gordon Bacon, Don Buckingham, Stan Eby, Johanne Ross and Phil Williams.
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BKT Tires recently introduced a new tire model – the Multimax MP 569, part of the Multimax line of tires for agro-industrial activities, designed for use at high speeds with heavy loads.
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Research on wireworm management and thresholds is a little thin on the ground at the moment, but current projects and studies seek to change this, giving growers a better idea of when and how to control this insect complex.
In this episode, Haley Catton, field crop entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alta., discusses what makes wireworms such a tricky pest to control. She also provides information on broflanilide – an active ingredient registered last fall with Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) – and pest management tips for growers.
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Steve Shirtliffe, a professor of plant sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, says oat is one of the real cash crops for organic farmers on the Prairies. Now he is leading a project that is pointing the way to even better practices for organic milling oat production. The project looks at weed control, nutrient management and a study that combines the optimum practices from the first two studies.
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Waterhemp is proving a formidable weed threat for Ontario producers. It’s a summer annual in the amaranth family that grows rapidly and produces a huge amount of seeds each year. These facts alone would make waterhemp a tough opponent, but it’s also evolved resistance to many herbicide groups – in some cases, four-way resistance, according to OMAFRA weed specialist Mike Cowbrough.
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After more than a year of virtual events, we’d love to know what works for you when it comes to virtual events.
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