Ieuan Evans

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Ieuan Evans is a forensic plant pathologist based in Edmonton, Alta.

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A plot of Proven Seed’s PV62683SRR, a silage variety, at the Ag in Motion farm show.
Crop Management

Corn has come a long way over the past 9,000 years

Practical Research: The fusarium we see in small cereal grains is the anamorph of the pink mould seen in corn

Consider that if you grow corn after wheat or vice versa and have a wet summer or fall, be prepared for possible outbreaks of pink mould/fusarium head blight in either crop in such a rotation.
Wild pigs destroy crops and property and pose a disease threat to the domestic hog industry. | University of Saskatchewan photo
Opinion

Solution needs to be found for prairie wild pig problem

As a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the 1960s, I was familiar with wild pigs, the damage they did and their role as traffic hazards. They did not just damage private crop-growing gardens; they ate the whole lot. These wild pigs in various colours from red to black were usually seen […] Read more

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