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Cover Crop Program Considered

By Allan Dawson June 10, 2010

Compensat ion for crops damaged or destroyed by recent heavy rains across Manitoba will come from crop insurance and AgriStability, but Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers hasn’t ruled out a conservation cover program. Struthers is also committed to improving drainage. “Our government has been increasing the amounts that have been going into maintenance of drains…,” Struthers

Cereals, Crops, News

Tighter FHB Regs, Better Management Required

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2010

“The new tolerances are designed to meet market needs but also to be fair to producers when fusarium is a grading factor in their wheat.” – ELWIN HERMANSON FUSARIUM DAMAGE TOLERANCES August 1, 2010: Revise fusarium damage tolerances in CWRS, CWHWS, CWAD, CPSR, CWSWS and CW Feed. Wheat Class CWRS CWHWS CWAD CPSR CPSW CWSWS

Crops

Shipley Looking For Farmers To Test Regulatory System

By Alex Binkley May 6, 2010

Now that Ontario Conservative MP Bev Shipley’s motion to improve the licensing of farm inputs has passed, he’s looking to put the federal regulatory system to the test. He wants farmers, farm organizations and manufacturers of agriculture products to give him examples of products that can’t be used in Canada but are acceptable in imports.

Forages, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 4, 2010

March 4, 2010

No more weed and feed: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency, with the support of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, has decided to uncouple the fertilizer-pesticide combination products intended for lawn and turf uses. The date of last sale for these products will be December 31, 2012. Based on consultation with the provinces, experts and registrants,

Crops

Wireworm Control A Looming Problem

By Gord Gilmour March 4, 2010

Wireworm control could become a troublesome issue for Canadian potato growers in the next couple of years, says a research scientist from AAFC’s Agassiz Research Centre in British Columbia. But Bob Vernon told the recent Manitoba Potato Days meeting that the best control tool on the market is about to disappear, which could leave Canadian

Crops

FNA Awaits Approval Process For Generics

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 14, 2010

Anew line of ag chemicals to be distributed through Farmers of North America (FNA) is waiting on federal passage of a new regulatory process for generics, the group says. The Saskatoon-based group, which brokers deals for lower-cost imports of ag inputs on members’ behalf in the West, Ontario and Quebec, has launched a new brand,

News

Aphid Killer Remains Available In Manitoba

By Ron Friesen January 14, 2010

“The procedural problem that has been identified in the U. S. didn’t occur here.” – PIERRE BEAUCHAMP, PMRA The abrupt removal of the agricultural insecticide spirotetramat from the market in the United States will not affect the product’s status in this country. “The short answer is no,” said Pierre Beauchamp of Health Canada’s Pest Management

News

Farm Organization Formed Because Of Federal Failures

By Alex Binkley August 6, 2009

Farmers of North America was formed because the federal agencies that are supposed to help producers have failed to do their jobs, says FNA president and CEO James Mann. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Farm Credit and the Competition Bureau are responsible for making the market for farm products and supplies fairer for producers, he

Crops, Oilseeds

Headline Gets Emergency Registration For Sunflower Rust

By Allan Dawson July 23, 2009

“Do not panic but rather get out there and scout your field. Early detection is critical. Yield losses can be significant.” – NSAC REPORT BA S F ’s fungicide Headline (pyraclostrobin) has received an emergency-use registration to control sunflower rust, a disease that decimated some fields in Manitoba last year and could be a problem

Crops, Forages

Campaign Against GM Alfalfa Intensifies

By Ron Friesen May 7, 2009

“The genie’s out of the bottle.” – JIM LINTOTT, MANITOBA FORAGE COUNCIL Acoalition of 80 farm and food organizations, including Manitoba forage producers, is calling for an immediate halt to field testing of genetically modified alfalfa in Canada. The groups want existing test plots of GM alfalfa uprooted and full-scale commercialization of the crop blocked.

Daily Network News

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Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans firm as traders hope for more Chinese buying

Tag Archives Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Cover Crop Program Considered

Tighter FHB Regs, Better Management Required

Shipley Looking For Farmers To Test Regulatory System

In Brief… – for Mar. 4, 2010

Wireworm Control A Looming Problem

FNA Awaits Approval Process For Generics

Aphid Killer Remains Available In Manitoba

Farm Organization Formed Because Of Federal Failures

Headline Gets Emergency Registration For Sunflower Rust

Campaign Against GM Alfalfa Intensifies

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