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Bayer Cirray

AAFC invests $4.4 million to increase market access for Canadian grain

The funding will go to Cereals Canada Inc., Canada Grains Council and the Prairie Oat Growers Association.


Syngenta, 4-H Canada continue sustainable ag partnership

Syngenta will serve as the lead partner for programming within Syngenta’s program, which focuses on helping young farmers explore career opportunities and explore sustainable practices.


Federal, provincial and territorial ag ministers meet to discuss key ag issues.

Areas discussed included progress on the Next Agricultural Policy Framework, the successor to the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
 
 
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Syngenta Canada

Miravis® Neo – now in cereals

You already know Miravis® Neo fungicide from Syngenta provides outstanding control of many foliar diseases that steal yield and quality from your peas and chickpeas. Now you can build more yield when you count on Miravis® Neo to protect your wheat, barley and oats too!

Miravis® Neo is highly versatile, easy to use and an outstanding fit in your pulse and cereal disease control programs. Click here to learn how Miravis® Neo can create simplicity and versatility on your farm this season.

Always read and follow label directions. Miravis® and the Syngenta logo are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company. © 2022 Syngenta. » Learn more...
 
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Emerging cereal diseases

Emerging cereal diseases: Bacterial leaf streak and black chaff

Unfortunately for growers, bacterial leaf streak (BLS) symptoms have become more common on the Prairies over the last decade – and can cause yield losses as high as 30 to 40 per cent, as observed in Idaho and Southern Alberta. Without a plethora of antibiotic or other management options against the seed-borne pathogen, crop scientists are working to come to a consensus on what specific conditions cause BLS symptoms to develop, and how to economically treat the pathogen before it negatively affects wheat and barley growers. » Learn more...
 
Canola flower midge

Monitoring canola flower midge in commercial canola fields

Contarinia brassicola, better known as the canola flower midge, was first discovered on the Prairies in 2016. When the midge’s hungry young larvae feed on developing flower buds, the flowers are prevented from ever opening or forming pods. While the midge is not yet considered an economic pest, AAFC researchers are looking to develop reliable monitoring and forecasting tools in order to manage the pests better while also investigating traps and learning more about the midge’s preferred plants. » Learn more...
 
INPUTS: THE PODCAST 
 

Population dynamics of wheat stem sawfly

Wheat stem sawfly has been a problem pest for Prairie growers for years due to a lack of effective chemical options and lifecycle adaptations of the insect. Dylan Sjolie, former USask graduate student and Inputs co-host, shares details of his recently defended thesis research on population dynamics of wheat stem sawfly, including the pest's larval mortality factors on the Canadian Prairies and the effects of early season temperatures on the adult life of both wheat stem sawfly and its parasitoid. » Listen now...
 
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