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Challenges of farm succession and keys to success

Succession is one of the biggest challenges many intergenerational family farm operators face. It can get complicated, there can be confusion and differing expectations, so it’s critical that all involved have a clear, agreed upon plan that maps out how succession will occur. Annessa Good is co-presenting a unique one-day interactive seminar with her father Merle Good, on how their family has worked through the process of Annessa coming back to join the family farm. I asked her some keys to being successful.

Interview with Annessa Good (3:47 minutes) (1.73 Mb)

The ABC’s of Intergenerational Succession Planning Agriculture Boot Camp is December 12 in Calgary. For more information or to register, go to agrifoodtraining.com.

Source : Alberta agriculture and forestry

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LALEXPERT: Sclerotinia cycle and prophylactic methods

Video: LALEXPERT: Sclerotinia cycle and prophylactic methods

White rot, also known as sclerotinia, is a common agricultural fungal disease caused by various virulent species of Sclerotinia. It initially affects the root system (mycelium) before spreading to the aerial parts through the dissemination of spores.

Sclerotinia is undoubtedly a disease of major economic importance, and very damaging in the event of a heavy attack.

All these attacks come from the primary inoculum stored in the soil: sclerotia. These forms of resistance can survive in the soil for over 10 years, maintaining constant contamination of susceptible host crops, causing symptoms on the crop and replenishing the soil inoculum with new sclerotia.