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Cereals, Crops

Stripe Rust Overwinters In Alberta For The First Time

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Stripe rust hit Alberta winter wheat hard last year, after it overwintered there for the first time. Plant pathologists blame the insulating effect of the deep, persistent snow cover we had last winter for the stripe rust fungus surviving in southern Alberta. The fungus infected the winter wheat and spread into spring wheat, limiting the
Crops, Oilseeds

Clubroot Confirmed In Saskatchewan Canola

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Clubroot has been found in two Saskatchewan canola fields a reminder why Manitoba farmers need to stay on guard for the disease that can decimate not only canola but cole crops. It moves with the soil, and as we all know, you can move soil really easily without realizing you are, said Anastasia Kubinec, an
Crops

U.S. Listeria Death Toll Hits 18

news reuters Eighteen people infected with listeria have died so far in the deadliest foodborne outbreak in the U.S. in more than a decade. One hundred people in 20 states have been infected with one of the four listeria strains involved, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listeria monocytogenes is a frequent
Livestock, Other livestock

Equine Warts: Patience Is The Best Treatment

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Equine warts are small, grey to pink cauliflower-like growths that generally appear on a young horse s muzzle or lips. They can also be found on the face, ears or less commonly on the lower legs. They occur singularly, scattered, or in clusters. Most infections result in 10 to 20 warts, yet numbers over 100
Hogs, News

Vaccinate At One Day

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Canadian swine producers can now vaccinate for mycoplasma pneumonia when they process baby pigs. A new label claim makes RespiSure-ONE by Pfizer Animal Health the only vaccine approved for administration at one day of age, the company says in a release. Vaccination as early as one day of age with RespiSure-ONE effectively generates long-term protective
Crops

DuPont Has Two New Fungicides Coming

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Near Carman DuPont expects two of its new fungicides will commercially available to Manitoba farmers next year, and says more is to come. There s lots new coming from DuPont, Dave Kloppenburg, DuPont s launch manager for new insecticides and fungicides said Aug. 3 at the company s research farm. The message is next year,
News

Late Blight Found In Tomatoes

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The first case of late blight, the bane of Manitoba tomato growers last year, was confirmed last week on garden tomatoes in Ashern. Five cases of the fungal disease responsible for the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, have been detected in potatoes, including in a “sentinel” plot at the Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre near
News

Turkey Recall Raises U.S. Food Safety Questions

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U.S. food safety advocates are calling for changes to meat recall rules after regulators took months to warn the public about a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 80 people and caused one death. Cargill Inc., one of the largest U.S. meat producers, on Aug. 3 recalled roughly 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen
Opinion

Universities Flunking On Food Safety

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The remarkable success in controlling many foodborne diseases must be considered one of the great achievements of public health in the past century. Due largely to public health laws, food regulatory agencies and continuous improvement by the food industry, we have almost eradicated human disease and death from many foodborne diseases such as scarlet fever,
Crops

Cfia Gets New President

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George Da Pont, a seasoned federal bureaucrat, has been named president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He replaces Carol Swan who has retired. Da Pont became executive vice-president of the agency a year ago with the expectation that he would move into the top job eventually. With CFIA under repeated attack by its main

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