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This week on ‘Between The Rows’
Episode 208, Jan. 21, 2021

Canada’s mink farms brace for COVID
Producers have had time to increase biosecurity efforts at the farm level

Opinion: Canada has many research success stories — but there should be more
If we can’t bridge the farmer-researcher gap, we’re leaving money on the table

High disease risk sees many Manitoba canola growers spraying fungicide
A wet spring creates canola fields full of sclerotinia as flowering blooms

Integrated Pest Management gaining credibility
More and more growers are beginning to embrace the IPM approach to insect control, and the system is beginning to bear fruit

Crop pest scouts may gain from ‘app’lied knowledge
Insect ID is a challenge — but Prairie entomologists say there will soon be an app for that, and a whole lot more

Farmland for rent
Too often it seems you don’t hear land is up for rent until you learn someone is already renting it

High-tech seeding
New equipment options promise growers more and better control over this critical field operation

The fine balance of controlling crop diseases
It's a classic example of where short-term decisions can mean long-term problems

The long-term battle of fighting crop diseases
Fighting crop disease isn’t a single-season job — you’ve got to be in it for the long haul and protect and maintain the capacity to do the work
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