Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentil growers in Canada have a new option for controlling three major disease threats to the crop.
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New Syngenta fungicide targets anthracnose, white mould, Ascochyta blight
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
Pulse Weekly: Conditions vary across Saskatchewan
Weather, lack of moisture affecting crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulse conditions in Saskatchewan are varied across the province with the worst-faring crops located in the western half.
Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat
Reading Time: 2 minutes A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a “dangerous biological pathogen” is a common type of fungus already widespread in U.S. crop fields that likely poses little risk to food safety, experts said.