Fusarium poae: A shifting enemy

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Grain delivery declarations changing for 2022-23 crop year

Previously, the declaration of eligibility requirement applied to all grains regulated by virtue of the Canada Grain Act and only applied to Western Canada. » Read more...

Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture 2022 honourees revealed

Honourees hail from P.E.I. to Alberta and work in various disciplines of agriculture including crop science, horticulture and business management. » Read more...

AgriStability 2022 enrolment deadline is April 30

The government-managed whole-farm risk management tool helps producers protect their operation from large margin declines. » Read more...

A shifting enemy

Most cereal growers are familiar with the damage that can be done by Fusarium head blight. Often, two or more Fusarium species will occur together in a field or even a single plant, and whichever species is dominant can drastically alter the outcome for infected plants. A rising concern among Prairie farmers is Fusarium poae. The species previously avoided significant attention due to being a relatively weak pathogen on wheat. But these days, it is increasingly common – and it can cause significant damage. » Learn more...

Controlling cutworms the natural way

Cutworms have a natural enemy: the parasitoid wasp copidosoma bakeri. It can brutally parasitize cutworms by laying an egg inside a cutworm’s egg; the egg then clones itself at least 100 times and produces largate that eat from the inside of the caterpillar. But the non-host food preferences of these wasps are still poorly understood, and the wasp could potentially be harmful to certain species of plants. Now, the question is, what is the best way to deploy the parasitoid wasps against pests while minimizing other damages? » Learn more...

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Grain delivery declarations changing for 2022-23 crop year

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A shifting enemy

Controlling cutworms the natural way

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