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ID Weekly insect update

First off today our weekly insect update with Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. Scott, let’s talk about what producers can learn about insects at harvest time, starting with wheat midge.

Interview with Scott Meers (3:29 minutes) (1.59 Mb)

Scott Meers is insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

Source : Alberta agriculture and forestry

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Alion - Alternative fence line herbicide a win for weed control

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Weeds along fence lines and typically their delayed control with leftover herbicides after seeding has long proved a problem for achieving optimum weed control within cropping paddocks and keeping herbicide resistance at bay. However, alternative mode of action, pre-emergent residual herbicides have recently become available and one in particular is showing that, when applied early with existing knockdowns, it offers excellent length of control, good safety to trees and potential to reduce resistance development.