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Wheat Midge Forecast

On yesterday’s program we heard about the forecast for the wheat stem sawfly in the 2016 growing season. That’s one of two forecast maps now available on Alberta Agriculture’s website. The other is for the wheat midge. Scott Meers, insect management specialist at Alberta Agriculture, has the details.

Interview with Scott Meers (2:23 minutes) (1.09 Mb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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Soil Health Testing in Golden Horseshoe Region

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The Greenbelt Foundation and soil scientists at the Soil Health Institute are working together with Ontario agricultural partners to develop an interpretable, scalable, locally relevant method for evaluating and monitoring soil health. By offering free soil health sampling, we are helping grain and oilseed producers understand how healthy their soil is today and how healthy it can become.