BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions (BASF) has expanded the Cimegra insecticide label for foliar use on potatoes to control Colorado potato beetles. “Cimegra is a unique product in our insecticide portfolio because it is currently the only Group 30 available on the market,” said Chris Vander Kant, BASF Canada’s corn, soybeans and horticultural crop manager, in […] Read more
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Cimegra label expansion to help control potato beetles
How a parasitoid wasp might address fruit fly pest issue
B.C. and Michigan State research shows promising results
Spotted wing drosophila is a diminutive but prolific fruit fly pest with a penchant for fresh and ripening fruit. It lays its egg within soft fruit, causing it to decompose and resulting in an estimated $623 million loss in the B.C. soft and thin-skinned fruit export market. Most fruit fly research is in British Columbia, […] Read more
Ag input firm FMC’s shares tumble after lowering financial targets
Partners 'rapidly reduced inventory levels'
Reuters — Shares of FMC Corp. fell more than eight per cent on Monday after the agricultural products supplier cut its outlook for the year on volume declines in most of its major markets. “Towards the end of May, we experienced unforeseen and unprecedented volume declines in three out of our four operating regions, as […] Read more
Oat miller to steer clear of lambda-cy
Grain Millers bans oats treated with insecticide product
The federal government’s decision to ban the use of lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides on any crops destined for feed use has now led at least one Canadian miller to prohibit any deliveries of oats treated with the chemical. Oregon-based processor Grain Millers, whose Canadian operations include its oat mill at Yorkton, Sask., said in a memo Tuesday […] Read more
Bt-resistant corn borer concern grows
Critical tools for controlling corn borer could be lost
Bt-resistant populations of European corn borer pose a significant risk to Canadian crop producers. With multiple resistance uncovered, it’s possible Bt-based control technologies will cease to work for the problem pest, say extension staff at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Older and more environmentally costly methods of pest control – including […] Read more
Insects posing problems in Saskatchewan crops
Grasshopper, flea beetle damage already reported
MarketsFarm – Although it’s still early in the growing season, some insect pests have already posed a threat to crops in Saskatchewan or could do so in the near future, according to James Tansey, provincial specialist for insects/invertebrate pest management. Among the pests he cited were grasshoppers, flea beetles and pea leaf weevils. Tansey said […] Read more
Matador, Voliam insecticides back in ‘limited’ release
Revised labels prohibit feeding, foraging of treated crops
Syngenta Canada no longer plans to keep its lambda-cyhalothrin insecticide products off the market in Western Canada this year — but it’s planning to have a smaller supply. The crop chem and seed company announced Friday it will have a “limited amount” of its lambda-cy-based products Matador 120EC and Voliam Xpress available in the West […] Read more
French agency drops fumigant ban on non-EU grain exports
Limit on phosphine won't apply if use required for export
Paris | Reuters — French health safety agency ANSES on Thursday cleared the use of phosphine pesticide in contact with grains exported outside the European Union when importing countries require the process, averting a halt to shipments from the EU’s top grain exporter. In late October ANSES cleared the use of phosphine tablets used for […] Read more
France says pesticide ban will not hit grain exports
Fumigant can't be in 'direct contact' with grains
Paris | Reuters — France will ensure that a decision by health and safety agency ANSES to ban the use of a pesticide in direct contact with grains does not hamper its exports outside the European Union, its trade and agriculture ministers told Parliament on Tuesday. In late October ANSES cleared the use of phosphine […] Read more
Insecticide restriction pushes growers to older chemistries
PMRA limits use of lambda-cyhalothrin
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has applied restrictions to insecticides containing the active ingredient lambda-cyhalothrin. Among other changes, it can no longer be applied on crops destined for use as animal feed. The restriction means growers who previously used products such as Matador, Warrior, Silencer, Labamba, Voliam Xpress and Endigo will have to find other […] Read more
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