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Crop Input R & D

Testing Potato Products for the Canadian Industry

Independent research companies like Gaia Consulting are an important part of getting new products approved for the potato industry. When a company makes a new...

Spud Smart’s 10 Most Innovative Products — Crop Inputs

Category — Crop Inputs Cimegra, BASF Commercial Launch: January 2021 Cimegra is an in-furrow insecticide for potatoes that provides control of wireworms. It contains the active ingredient...

New Environmentally Friendly Control Method for Late Blight Discovered

A new environmentally friendly method, using spray-induced gene silencing, has been found to control late blight in potatoes, a Feb. 11 news release says. The method...

Feds Fund Tech to Reduce Pesticide Use in Crops

A new technology to help reduce pesticide use in crops is being funded by the federal government through the AgriInnovate Program, an August 6...

New Tools for the CPB Toolbox

A five-year study is to take a closer look at the alternatives to neonics for the control of Colorado potato beetle. A study being conducted...

New Prospect for Wireworm Control

A promising biopesticide is in the works for managing wireworms. A few years ago, Todd Kabaluk was given some fuzzy wireworms. That might not sound...

Testing Potato Products for the Canadian Industry

Independent research companies like Gaia Consulting are an important part of getting new products approved for the potato industry. When a company makes a new...

Spud Smart’s 10 Most Innovative Products — Crop Inputs

Category — Crop Inputs Cimegra, BASF Commercial Launch: January 2021 Cimegra is an in-furrow insecticide for potatoes that provides control of wireworms. It contains the active ingredient...

New Environmentally Friendly Control Method for Late Blight Discovered

A new environmentally friendly method, using spray-induced gene silencing, has been found to control late blight in potatoes, a Feb. 11 news release says. The method...

Feds Fund Tech to Reduce Pesticide Use in Crops

A new technology to help reduce pesticide use in crops is being funded by the federal government through the AgriInnovate Program, an August 6...

New Tools for the CPB Toolbox

A five-year study is to take a closer look at the alternatives to neonics for the control of Colorado potato beetle. A study being conducted...

New Prospect for Wireworm Control

A promising biopesticide is in the works for managing wireworms. A few years ago, Todd Kabaluk was given some fuzzy wireworms. That might not sound...