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Aster yellow damage in 2012

The real extent of the crop yield damage done by aster yellows that summer

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Aster yellows is a minute phytoplasma bacterium that causes losses annually to a wide range of farm and horticultural crops. Most years, it is usual to see little in the way of aster yellows damage to canola, the most obviously affected crop. When you check canola fields in full bloom you can often pick out […] Read more
Get your pea and lentil seed tested
Crops, Pulses

Get your pea and lentil seed tested

Preliminary testing results show high levels of ascochyta in Saskatchewan’s pea seed

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Early results are in, and the recommendation is to get your pea and lentil seed to a testing lab, ASAP. At the Top Notch grower meeting in Moose Jaw sponsored by SaskCanola, SaskFlax, and the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Saskatchewan’s provincial plant pathologist, Barb Ziesman, talked about the preliminary seed test results from Saskatchewan seed tests […] Read more
Les Henry: The fifth fertilizer R: nutrient balance
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: The fifth fertilizer R: nutrient balance

As the fertilizer industry focuses on 4Rs, let’s not forget that balance is important

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In the fertilizer business, the 4R concept has received much attention in recent years. The idea is to ensure that fertilizer use decisions are based on selecting the right fertilizer, supplying it at the right rate, at the right time and with the right placement of fertilizer. The first three Rs go back over 40 […] Read more
Ruth and Steven Mansell’s farm, Emerald Downs, is near the ocean in Western Australia. They have four daughters.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: Ruth and Stephen Mansell

Ruth and Stephen Mansell's grain farm is 30 km from the southern coast of Western Australia

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Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all the details, farmers are more alike […] Read more
There are exceptions, but most insecticides are neurotoxins designed to target an insects’ nervous systems.
Features, News

Resistance, Group 4 and neonicotinoids

Saskatchewan pest management specialist updates growers at CropSphere

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Saskatchewan’s provincial pest management specialist updated growers on the current state of government regulation of neonicotinoids at CropSphere in Saskatoon in January. He began with a review of insecticide modes of action. Just as herbicides are classified into groups according to how they control weeds, insecticides are classified into groups based on how they control insects. […] Read more
The Lalondes say there is good co-operation between farmers and beekeepers.
News

Beekeepers co-operating with farmers

Top Saskatchewan apiarists talk about farmers, bee habitat and neonic bans

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Apiarists Simon and Dan Lalonde have seen a lot of changes in the bee industry since their father, Tony, began the beekeeping operation near Clavet, Sask., in 1979. Tony and his sons gradually grew the business and today they run approximately 45,00 hives. As well as selling honey in bulk, their company, Tony Lalonde Sales, […] Read more

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