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FarmLink Marketing Expects A Bumper Harvest On The Prairies

Grain Marketing Advisors with FarmLink Marketing Solutions did their annual crop tour at the end of July. 
 
Chief Market Analyst Neil Townsend says based on the crop at that time, farmers are expected to bring in another bumper crop this year.
 
Townsend says as a result some farmers are facing challenges as they try to line up more bin space.
 
For the most part crops are looking good despite some disease issues, however crop development in many areas is still a couple of weeks behind normal.
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LALEXPERT: Sclerotinia cycle and prophylactic methods

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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.