The Winnipeg Free Press newspaper is reporting that opposition MLA Len Derkach is calling on the province to increase its support to cattle ranchers battling to prevent infected deer and elk from transmitting the disease to their herds. Derkach says ranchers in the area surrounding Riding Mountain National Park have been battling this problem for
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Resistance Management Key To Maintaining CPB Control
Manitoba potato growers have used a lot of Group 4A neonicotinoid in-furrow treatments over the past few years – and for good reasons. They work, they’re easy to use, application is made at planting which regularly gives full-season control and compared to some of the newer alternatives, they’re affordable. With that package in hand, the
Soil Test P Recommendations Best Guideline For Applications
When it comes to phosphorus management in potatoes, Blair Geisel, of Gaia Consulting, has a simple take-home message for growers – take the soil test lab’s recommendation seriously, even if they’re an imperfect art. “Believe your soil test – or more correctly, believe the lab recommendation for phosphorus,” Geisel told the Manitoba Co-operator in a
Chemical Tool Box Topped Up For Potato Growers
Manitoba potato growers have a handful of new crop protection products in their arsenal for the 2009 season, including new fungicides, seed treatments, herbicides and insecticides. Some are all new for this season while others were registered late last season and saw limited use in the 2008 campaign. The fungicide Revus, from Syngenta, was registered
Potato Growers Eye U. S. Economy
Manitoba’s potato industry is coming off a strong year with good production and decent prices but caution is tempering its optimism for the coming season. The big question mark for this industry remains the health of the U. S. economy, where a large share of the crop heads in the form of frozen french fries
Remote Monitoring A Keystroke Away
When Bruce Shewfelt was looking for examples of remote irrigation monitoring one Saturday afternoon, all he had to do was log on to the Internet from his Morden office. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration consultant was almost immediately downloading information on reservoir levels, downstream flows below the reservoir and current use rates – from an
Manage For Chemical Resistance, Crop Rotations
One of the major crop protection tools for Manitoba potato growers in recent years has been the strobilurinbased fungicides. They’ve been a key defence in the fight against fungal infections such as late and early blight – and some growers say they’re observing a “plant health” effect that boosts yield by keeping plants safe from
Fry Farmers Need Good Disease Control
“It can be healthy one day, you’ll come back a couple days later and it’s completely dead.” – NEIL GUDMESTAD Colour is quality in a french fry processor’s eyes. Their customers want an attractive, golden-yellow fry without any mottling, and most importantly, no sugar ends. A sugar end refers to a fry that has a
Step up: Agriculture can’t ignore PR wars
“We’re just not great communicators, compared to our adversaries.” – Kevin Stewart, agvisiontv.com It might be easy to roll one’s eyes at the latest campaigns from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – such as their attempt to rebrand fish “sea-kittens” in an attempt to make people reconsider eating them. Truth is, PETA
Not just the latest fad
It might be tempting to just assume consumer concerns are the natural hangover from recent food safety scares. But that would be a mistake, says Kevin Stewart of AgvisionTV.com. In fact, it’s part of a long-term trend, closely correlated with the aging baby boomer generation. They want to live longer, healthier lives, and they see
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
