Field guide available online
The new Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada document is now available online. The free download is a 152-page, full-colour field guide.
It is designed to help producers make informed decisions in managing more than 90 harmful pests of field and forage crops in Western Canada.
The guide also helps readers identify many natural enemies that prey on or parasitize pest insects.
The publication can be found at www.publications.gc.ca.
New blueberry support
The low bush blueberry development program in Nova Scotia is receiving $1.09 million in federal funding over three years.
The program is intended to improve production techniques such as harvesting and pruning and expand the cultivation of wild blueberries.
The wild blueberry is the No. 1 fruit crop in acreage and export sales in Nova Scotia. It comprises more than half the value of all fruit production, which was worth $34.1 million in the province last year
