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Researchers Seek Causes Of Honeybee Colony Collapse

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Birds do it, fleas do it but when bees do it, it is worth some $200 billion to the world economy. That’s why scientists are seeking a way to stem mass deaths of the world’s primary pollinator – the honeybee – which affect more than 30 per cent of bee colonies in the United States
Cereals, Crops

Committee Approves 14 New Varieties

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The federal decision in 2009 to axe kernel visual distinguishability as a requirement for registering wheat varieties in Canada prompted lots of frowns among grain handlers and farmers. But at least one plant breeder is smiling. Anita Brlé-Babel, a winter wheat breeder from the University of Manitoba, received approval from the Prairie Wheat, Rye and
Crops

Study Says Upping Inputs Could Drive Down Profits

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From their perch at the University of Minnesota, graduate students Wade Kent and Landon Reis have seen a clear trend emerge over the past few years. Higher prices have soybean growers throwing everything they could find – higher seeding rates, more fertility inputs, and more crop protection products – at their crops in order to
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Science Sweetens Outlook For Honeybees

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists are working on new treatment strategies for a parasite killing our bees, and are identifying the traits needed to breed bees with stronger resistance to disease and parasites. Stephen Pernal is AAFC’s national apiculture research scientist in Beaverlodge, Alberta who specializes in the management and detection of honeybee diseases and
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Bee Facts

Pollinators – such as bees, butterflies and bats – are responsible for the continued existence of more than 70 per cent of the world’s flowering plant population. From the production of hybrid canola seed in southern Alberta to the pollination of blueberries in the Maritimes and British Columbia, honeybees are the primary managed pollinator for
Country Crossroads

Perfect Gift For A Shut-In

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Do you have someone on your Christmas list who cannot get out and about anymore, someone who is pretty much confined to the indoors? Such people, whether they are gardeners or not, will appreciate a gift which is not static, a gift that provides interest by constantly changing. Because the recipient of the gift may
Crops

McKenzie Seeds Shows Off Its New Location

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The recession has actually helped Canada’s largest packet seed company and the local-food trend and food scares are also boosting business. “We have noticed that there has been an increased interest in gardening in the last couple of seasons, which may be attributed to the uncertain economy and contributing factors such as food safety,” said
Country Crossroads

Fall’s The Time To Plant Bulbs

You may be thinking garden cleanup rather than garden planting, but autumn is the best time to get those flower bulbs in the ground. Here’s a few tips to help ensure your gardening success: Select the best-quality bulb you can find. In this case, you do get what you pay for. A larger bulb provides
Grain Markets

Winter Sowing Conditions Still Difficult In Russia – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Rains in some parts of central Russia have made conditions favourable for winter grain sowing, although problems remain in other areas, the director of the Hydrometcentre weather-forecasting service said Aug. 31. Roman Vilfand also told reporters that mid-September would be the final deadline for sowing winter grains in Russia after the worst drought in more
Country Crossroads

Beat The Fall Frosts – for Sep. 9, 2010

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It is frustrating to nurture a particular plant all growing season and to have it come into bloom just as fall frosts occur so that it either freezes before it can put forth its display of bloom or else it requires constant covering to protect it from frost so that its flowers can be enjoyed.

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