In early January, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and SaskCanola released an updated version of the Saskatchewan Clubroot Distribution Map, which includes the results from the 2019 provincial clubroot survey and any rural municipalities with confirmed cases of clubroot reported outside the survey. In Saskatchewan, clubroot is a declared pest and it has been regulated...

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Improving Nutrient Management in Canola and Canola-Based Cropping Systems

“I distinctly remember walking with my grandfather in the fields when he would be behind the horse and harrow. The old dog Bob would be right there with us and it was an all-day affair.” —Murray McConnell In 2017, for the first time in the history of Canada, the number of acres seeded in canola...

The Canadian recommendation is for farmers to grow clubroot-resistant (CR) varieties as part of a holistic clubroot farm management plan. The CR trait will prevent most infection, which will help to keep spore counts low in fields that already have lower counts. With fewer resting spores in the soil, the risk of building up new...

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Canadians Have A Mixed View Of Their Food System

Canadians’ view of the food system has been up and down over the past two years of the pandemic, but results are still better than 2018 and 2019. Research from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity shows that Canada’s food system has room to improve when it comes to building trust.