Insects
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!
Dow AgroSciences is introducing new formulations for three horticultural products – Entrust SC insecticide, Lorsban NT insecticide and Kerb SC herbicide. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Neonicotinoids are under intense scrutiny. But a ban of a broad variety of pesticides may be required to protect bees, humans and the environment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Engage Agro Corporation of Canada announced it has reached an agreement to be the exclusive marketer and distributor of Grandevo bioinsecticide for Canada. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The strawberry aphid can be a problem in strawberries because it is a vector of several virus diseases. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When it comes to spotted wing drosophila (SWD), flies plus ripe fruit equals risk. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
April – that wonderful month full of promise. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Canadian strawberry growers have a new tool to fight common pests with the recent extension adding strawberries to the label of DuPont Altacor insecticide. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and CropLife America (CLA) announced the release of The Guide to Seed Treatment Stewardship. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Fruit and Vegetable Magazine is continuing this month with the resurrection of a resource for growers from the past. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It seems that lately, everyone has been in a tizzy about bees and neonicotinoid pesticides. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Pome and stone fruit growers in Canada now have access to Closer, a new insecticide for the control of aphids and San Jose scale. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Potato growers in Canada now have access to Closer, a new insecticide for the control of aphids. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The program that educates and trains Ontario farmers and pesticide vendors in the responsible and safe use of pesticides has gone online. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Labels for some products from Bayer CropScience, including Admire, Reason and Flint, have been expanded to bring Canadian fruit and vegetable growers access. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Bt corn resists attack by corn rootworm but the Bt trait can also boosted corn yields, in some cases beyond normal expectations. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A tiny invasive fruit fly, native to Asia, has become big trouble for raspberries, strawberries, cherries and blueberries coast to coast in the U.S. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is now in at least 39 states and is a major economic threat to orchard fruits, garden vegetables and row crops. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Success in vegetable production depends on growers knowing the plant’s life cycle and the life cycle of the weed, disease and insect pests common to the crops. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
AEF Global, Inc. based out of Levis, Que., and BioWorks, Inc. of Victor, N.Y., announced they have established a biopesticide agreement for North America. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!