#herbicide-tolerance

#herbicide-tolerance

Plump, wiggly slugs may look innocuous, but they can wreak serious havoc on a carefully-curated garden, even causing total crop failure.

The EPA has put cancer warnings on only 1.4% of pesticide labels for products that contain an active ingredient that the agency itself has designated 'probable' or 'likely' to cause cancer.

Peppers are one of the simplest summer veggies to grow at home. Since these warm-season vegetables are fast-growing, versatile, and come in many different varieties, you can add them to almost every summertime meal from salads and sandwiches and pizza.

The proposal would allow drones to apply products already registered for aerial use, provided applications follow existing label requirements, including water volumes and use conditions.

"If Canada wants generational change in agricultural innovation, we need to transform our policy around how we fund plant breeding," he says. The current system, heavily reliant on public funding and check-off dollars, is increasingly under pressure. Reinheimer points to signs that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is shrinking its breeding footprint-especially in wheat, where AAFC varieties still account for about 80 per cent of acres. The problem? There's no updated funding model to match that shift.

Kochia continues to spread beyond its traditional areas, bringing resistance to multiple herbicide groups. This shift may require growers to rethink their canola systems, including variety selection.

Glyphosate is one of the most commonly used methods of handling weeds on farms and elsewhere. It is a key part of modern agriculture, to the point that imagining a food system that operates without it is incredibly challenging. Yet, glyphosate is also the subject of much debate.

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