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Vine Killing: Timing is Everything

Are you up to speed on the latest information about vine killing? Here’s what the experts had to say. As any potato grower will attest...

BASF to Discontinue All Metiram-Containing Products

In accordance with the recent Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) decision regarding products containing Metiram, BASF will be discontinuing all Metiram-containing products according to...

Proposed Registration Decision for 1-Octanol and 1,4Zap

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use of...

Restriction of Neonicotinoid Uses to Take Effect in 2021

In April, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), a division of Health Canada, released its final decisions on the pollinator re-evaluations of three neonicotinoid...

What’s Old is New Again: Practical CPB Insecticide Resistance Management

  As growers head into another production season, some are concerned about Colorado potato beetle populations and rising neonic insecticide resistance.  Ian MacRae, a professor and...

Going Without Mancozeb

Currently under review, mancozeb is a potato industry staple for fighting late blight and early blight. Its proponents fear its loss would spell higher...

Vine Killing: Timing is Everything

Are you up to speed on the latest information about vine killing? Here’s what the experts had to say. As any potato grower will attest...

BASF to Discontinue All Metiram-Containing Products

In accordance with the recent Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) decision regarding products containing Metiram, BASF will be discontinuing all Metiram-containing products according to...

Proposed Registration Decision for 1-Octanol and 1,4Zap

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use of...

Restriction of Neonicotinoid Uses to Take Effect in 2021

In April, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), a division of Health Canada, released its final decisions on the pollinator re-evaluations of three neonicotinoid...

What’s Old is New Again: Practical CPB Insecticide Resistance Management

  As growers head into another production season, some are concerned about Colorado potato beetle populations and rising neonic insecticide resistance.  Ian MacRae, a professor and...

Going Without Mancozeb

Currently under review, mancozeb is a potato industry staple for fighting late blight and early blight. Its proponents fear its loss would spell higher...