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Using smartphones to battle pests

New pest app can help identify pests and provide management advice. A new app has been designed to help growers of field crops identify and...

Two Potato Fungicides to Keep in Mind in 2017

Although harvest of the late maturing crop in Ontario has not started yet, it is never too early to start thinking about disease management...

Late blight slows down in Manitoba

Although the number of new finds of late blight in Manitoba seemed to have slowed down last week, new late blight finds were reported...

Soil Fumigation in Potatoes

While it is practiced extensively in the United States, soil fumigation is anything but common in potato production in Canada. But there’s a growing...

Curtailing Chlorothalonil

The PMRA is proposing to restrict some uses of the popular fungicide used to help fight late blight and other potato diseases. What...

2016 Crop Outlook

The 2015 growing season was a record-setting one for potato producers in many parts of the country. A strong, early start this spring...

Using smartphones to battle pests

New pest app can help identify pests and provide management advice. A new app has been designed to help growers of field crops identify and...

Two Potato Fungicides to Keep in Mind in 2017

Although harvest of the late maturing crop in Ontario has not started yet, it is never too early to start thinking about disease management...

Late blight slows down in Manitoba

Although the number of new finds of late blight in Manitoba seemed to have slowed down last week, new late blight finds were reported...

Soil Fumigation in Potatoes

While it is practiced extensively in the United States, soil fumigation is anything but common in potato production in Canada. But there’s a growing...

Curtailing Chlorothalonil

The PMRA is proposing to restrict some uses of the popular fungicide used to help fight late blight and other potato diseases. What...

2016 Crop Outlook

The 2015 growing season was a record-setting one for potato producers in many parts of the country. A strong, early start this spring...