Europe’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals and Feed (SCoPAFF) recently adopted a regulation to set clethodim maximum residue limits (MRL’s) to the limit of quantification (LOQ) for the European Union. Clethodim is the active ingredient in BASF’s Select and Centurion, Loveland’s Shadow RTM, and NuFarm’s Statue, among other brands. Industry experts are not planning to change recommendations around products carrying the chemistry at this point.

LeftField Commodity Research founder provides an overview of the 2022 Canadian crop market as a thank-you to joining CAAR as a Perk$ Partner.

Trends in global ag production have numerous impacts here at home. Review the March 2019 monthly report from the USDA on World Agriculture Production for the latest official estimates on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries world-wide. 

Richardson International announced last week that they have acquired 10 retail crop inputs locations in Western Canada from CHS Canada LP.

Statistics Canada released results from the July Farm Survey of crop production, which shows a forecast similar to trade expectations – with durum being the only notable exception.

The Canola Council of Canada is encouraging all canola growers in Western Canada to check their fields for clubroot after the recent discovery of a club-root infested field in northwest Saskatchewan and the expansion of the disease in Alberta.

The new retailer, called Independent Crop Inputs, officially opened at a new facility off Highway 3, west of Taber, AB.

A new exhibit, Canola! Seeds of Innovation, will be opening to the public on July 1st at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum in Ottawa.

Forage experts in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are urging prairie growers to check their alfalfa fields for weevils as soon as possible.

Health Canada will not issue a decision on whether to ban imidacloprid for at least six months, according to a horticultural industry representative.

Statistics Canada released its third weekly report from the 2016 Census of Agriculture on May 31. The report, Seeding decisions harvest opportunities for Canadian farmers, looks at the variety of Canadian field crops, as well as the country’s increasing total crop field area.

Producers in southern Alberta who grow cereals and winter wheat are being advised to watch out for wheat streak mosaic virus in their crops.

Statistics Canada has released its first segment of a weekly analytical series that focuses on The 2016 Census of Agriculture.

The Ultimate Yield Management Institute (UYMI) announced on May 3rd that AGRI-TREND, a division of Trimble Navigation, will be joining them to further practical field research for the benefit of producers.

DuPont Crop Protection announced on March 13 that the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) in Canada has approved registration of DuPont Sortan IS herbicide.

Syngenta Canada Inc. introduced Roundup Ready 2 Xtend trait technology to its soybean varieties in early March. The Roundup Ready 2 Xtend trait provides tolerance to glyphosate (Group 9) and dicamba (Group 4) herbicides, which allows growers to use multiple modes of action to manage weeds like glyphosate-resistant giant ragweed, common ragweed and Canada fleabane.

Canola's value to the Canadian economy has tripled over the past decade to $26.7 billion a year, according to a new analysis released by the Canola Council of Canada.

A new survey by Manitoba Agriculture shows that the top 10 weeds in the province have changed over the last 20 years.

How research may aid hail damage recovery.

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Manipulator, a plant growth regulator introduced to Canada by Engage Agro in 2015, has not been approved for wheat exports into the U.S.

The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) officially begins issuing cash advances today for the 2016-17 Advance Payments Program (APP). A cash advance provides farmers with cash flow from crop or livestock commodities that have not yet been sold and, in many cases, not yet planted.

The new BeeConnected app, developed by CropLife Australia and adapted for Canadian use by CropLife Canada and the Canadian Honey Council, aims to help protect local bee populations by acting as a conduit between farmers and beekeepers.

Every year corn farmers face the risk of costly plant diseases that can significantly reduce their yields and profitability.

The Crop Management Forum is a one-day event designed to bring you the latest developments in agronomic practices and technologies.

Alberta’s farms have been suffering from the spread of fusarium, which has resulted in reduced yields across the province in recent years.

Persistent dry conditions in India, the world’s top pulse producer and consumer, has driven up the demand for Canadian crops.