PMRA to update guidance, cancel some uses in fruit
Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian grain and oilseed growers who’d had to stop using insecticides such as Matador, Silencer and Voliam in 2023 for feed grain crops can expect to be able to use them again starting this spring. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) on Monday (Feb. 3) announced a round of public consultations […] Read moreTag Archives Matador
Oat growers reminded of lambda-cy restrictions
Grain Millers, which operates an oat mill in Yorkton, Sask., is reminding growers to not use lambda-cyhalothrin on oats this summer. Farmers who have production contracts with Grain Millers, or hope to sell oats to the company this year, cannot use the insecticide on their oat crop. “It has been brought to our attention by […] Read more
Feds’ lambda-cy ruling is unworkable
Canada is the only G20 country to have made a food/feed distinction like this. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did a full review of lambda-cyhalothrin in 2019, around the same time as the PMRA started theirs, but the U.S. did not restrict feed.
Caution advised when controlling flea beetles
Canola growers must know for sure their crops won’t be used as livestock feed before using lambda-cyhalothrin this year
Effective April 29, it is illegal to apply lambda-cyhalothrin products to canola and other crops that will be used as livestock feed in Canada.
Crop protection rulings challenge producers
Canola producers will have to decide whether to play it safe and avoid using lambda cyhalothrin for any purpose this year
Within about the past two years, farmers have lost a few important tools from their crop protection toolbox.
Caution advised when choosing flea beetle treatment
That directive, resulting from a decision by Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency, applies to harvested seed and crop screenings, aftermath and — perhaps most importantly for canola growers — canola meal.
