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The feedback from the fence line blog was great and it makes me want to offer more nuance to the discussion. I’m very aware that cutting the autumn olive and multiflora rose does not kill it. New sprouts are edible if you have something that can graze it. Grazing animals will nip it; the goal is to arrest it, to get it into a more tender edible state.
While the Competition Bureau won’t speculate or comment on a hypothetical transaction, such as the purchase of grain company Viterra by grain giant Bunge, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where the Bureau would not eventually be involved in ruling on the deal. Under the Competition Act, transactions of all sizes are subject to review.
A pest risk tools training for PlantwisePlus partners and stakeholders recently took place in Pakistan. The CABI-organised session covered the Horizon Scanning and Pest Risk Analysis platforms. Growing globalisation, trade and in particular, the international movement of plant commodities, increase the risk of the spread of plant pests. Introduced pests can lower crop yields and… The post Pest risk training to help detect Pakistan’s potential invaders appeared first on PlantwisePlus
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Educating children often takes creative thinking. MFA’s new natural resources conservation specialist, Emily Beck, recently donned a bee costume and handed out custom activity booklets, crayons and seed packets to help teach youngsters about pollinator conservation. Beck participated in the American Royal Spring Field Trip on May 2-3, during which some 2,400 second- and third-graders from the Kansas City area toured interactive, educational stations designed to connect them with where their food
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Today I did one of the most enjoyable things I ever get to do: clean an electric fence with a chainsaw Conventional farmers do this with an herbicide. The interesting thing is that it seldom actually kills; it temporarily appears to kill, but then sure enough, next year, new leaves come out on the base of the brush and it’s off to the races. Autumn olive, multiflora rose, greenbrier and other noxious vegetation encroaches on fence lines, gradually dragging down the fence.
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Do yourself or your clients a big favour and do a quick scan now of the Keep it Clean list of crop protection products to avoid some uncomfortable conversations at grain delivery. While it may be frustrating to learn that approved products may have marketing limitations, the Keep it Clean program supported by the Canola.
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