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A Fungal Disease You’ll Love

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“With different formulations and different rates, we’re able to get the same kind of control as a traditional chemical.” – KAREN BAILEY, AAFC When farmers think of fungal diseases, it’s usually not too favourably, especially if they’ve just shelled out the money to spray for leaf disease of sclerotinia. But researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food
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Fungicidal Treatment For Cereals Registered

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U. S. chemical firm Chemtura and ag input retail firm UAP Canada have registration in hand for a new fungicidal seed treatment for use by Prairie cereal growers. Rancona Apex will be available this season for use by farmers in Western Canada, UAP said in a release March 6. UAP has the Chemtura product’s Prairie
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EU To Tackle Breakfast Cereals Cancer Risk

The European Union will try to set maximum levels of a potentially cancerous chemical after several countries recalled breakfast cereals that contain it on the packaging, the EU executive said March 5. Several EU countries, including Belgium, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Spain, are believed to be affected but the problem is not seen as serious,
Crops

Results Mixed When Fungicides Applied To Healthy Corn

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Spraying healthy corn plants with the fungicide Headline to boost yields most often didn’t pay in trials conducted in North Dakota and Manitoba last year. Moreover, excessive use of the fungicide (a strobulrin), which controls disease through just one site of action, could speed up disease resistance to the chemical, Joel Ransom, an extension agronomist
Livestock

Pig Organs make 46 ill in China

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Forty-six people in China’s southern province of Guangdong have suffered food poisoning after eating pig organs that contained an animal feed additive, the official Xinhua news agency said Feb. 19. All those who fell sick had eaten pig organs, said Wang Guobin, an official with the Guangzhou Municipal Public Health Bureau. Initial investigations showed the
Crops, Oilseeds

New hybrid trait development process

BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, and Cibus, a leading plant trait development technology company, say they have reached a significant research milestone for developing Clearfield Production System plants in Brassica winter oilseed rape and in spring canola. Cibus’s patented Rapid Trait Development System (RTDSTM) was used to enhance the tolerance levels of spring canola
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Biofuel processing kicked up a notch

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A smoky flavouring could be the new sexy biofuel of the future. Randal Goodfellow, senior vice-president of corporate relations for Ottawa-based biofuel firm Ensyn, pitched his product to conference attendees at Biofibe 08 in Winnipeg and welcomed potential partnerships. Using a mix of biomass products, such as wood, flax shives or corn, and a process
News, Other livestock

Preventing coyotes from getting a taste for lamb

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“So many dogs fail because they protect the kids playing by the swing set, but the lambs are all getting slaughtered by the coyotes in the pasture.” David Brennan says that coyote predation can be controlled, but you must first realize that you’re dealing with a smart opponent. “The coyote is right at the top
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Farm credit could be harder to get

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“If input prices do not have a downward trend to match commodity prices, it’s going to be very serious.” –Ian Wishart, KAP The long arm of the global financial crisis may be reaching out to affect Manitoba farmers and their spring planting intentions. Farmers say their operating costs for next year’s crop could double in

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