Diseases
Ontario farmers are paying an estimated $22 million more every year for crop protection products than their competitors in the United States says OFVGA. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It is the first time scientists have decoded the genome of a plant pathogen and its host plant from dried herbarium samples. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Federal food safety officials have placed an apple orchard in the Annapolis Valley under quarantine after the detection of a destructive pest. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Where you find any kind of poultry across the world, you will find the Eimeria parasites that cause coccidiosis. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
There’s a new tool in town, and not only can it help improve on-farm biosecurity, but it can also save money. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Stress-related diseases, like fusarium and blackleg, are on the increase. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development has developed a method for early detection of mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis in vines. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
On April 24, 2013, the Central Epidemic Command Center confirmed the first imported case of H7N9 avian influenza who traveled from China to Taiwan. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The province and industry invest in upgrades at the Crop Protection Lab in Regina. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Engage Agro Corporation and Taminco, Inc. (Allentown, Penn.) are pleased to announce the completion of a new agreement for Canada. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Despite objections from growers, a U.S. advisory board decided to ban the use of an antibiotic by organic apple and pear farmers to combat fire blight. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The latest reports indicate that over 71 cases of the H7N9 strain of bird flu have been reported in China. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Attendees of the Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) Annual General Meeting, which was held in mid-March, took a break to celebrate a milestone achievement. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Interest in poultry is alive and well among students at the University of Guelph, whose Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) Poultry Clubs have both worked with the Poultry Industry Council (PIC) on projects since 2009. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The February 2011 issue of the CPRC update introduced a new avian influenza (AI) research program, initiated as part of the Poultry Science Cluster.* Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Regardless of how you feel about it, your role as a producer of food has changed since your grandfather was farming. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A longtime strawberry farmer in Nova Scotia says two viruses have withered an early crop of his berries. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
One field found to have clubroot disease, through an annual survey of 91 canola field samples in 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A strain of probiotic bacteria that can fight harmful bacterial infections in poultry has the ability to change the bacteria's coat. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new vaccine has proven highly effective against the avian influenza virus when tested in both mice and ferrets. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!