CANBERRA (Reuters) — Australia’s farm chemicals regulator is taking too long to approve new products, leading to billions of dollars in preventable crop losses for one of the world’s biggest agricultural exporters, industry groups say. Australia is a major supplier of goods from wheat and barley to cotton and wine. Approvals of as many as […] Read more
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Seed treatment offers dual pest protection
Corteva’s latest fungicide covers disease and insects such as airborne blackleg, cutworms and flea beetles
A new active ingredient called Lumiscend that Corteva Agriscience offers in its LumiGEN fungicide package protects canola from blackleg fungus including its airborne spores. Seed treatments that prevent blackleg-contaminated canola seed from starting an infection have been around for a long time but they offered no protection to seedlings that get infected in the field. […] Read more
Seed treatments need to work — all the time
Putting tiny amounts of active ingredients over millions of seeds in every run evenly and reliably is a challenge
STANTON, Minn. — You’ve got the genetics, now how do you take full advantage of them. Most producers in Western Canada plant seed with applied treatments, fungicide and insecticide. Virtually all canola is treated. As well, in areas where soybeans and corn are the norm, all seed is treated, as it is in many small-cereal […] Read more
Taking seed treatments on the road
LANGHAM, Sask. — Small-scale on-farm seed treatment plants have been around for decades, but they have not been widely used until recently, says Jeff Young of CanSeed Equipment in Saskatoon. “The younger generation of farmers is starting to see the value of seed treatment,” he said. “These young growers won’t put a seed in the […] Read more
New product – seed treatment
BASF says its Insure Pulse seed treatment offers seed protection that sticks. Producers who have used the treated seed have found that it can move directly to the seeder after being coated and dries almost instantly. Fried Greig from Reston, Man., used the product last year and said it allowed his farm to return to […] Read more
Neonics: better alternatives or only option?
Entomologists claim there are less toxic products available; researchers say depending on the pest, alternative treatments are more hazardous
Many growers, crop protection companies and agronomists use a standard line to defend insecticide seed treatments. The line goes something like this: if neonicotinoid seed treatments were banned, growers would control pests with older insecticides like organophosphates, which are more toxic to bees, wildlife and humans. Jean-Marc Bonmatin, of the National Centre for Scientific Research […] Read more
Give seed the treatment it deserves
Small and diseased seed and tough conditions can compromise results in many crops. Proper seed treatment can mitigate these issues, say agrologists. This spring has the potential to be as normal as many prairie producers have seen in several years. Snow has left the fields and frost is mainly out of the ground, which means […] Read more
Will Ont. neonic crackdown spread West?
Prairie farmers urged to take note | Farmers in Ontario will have to take a management course and justify neonic use
An Ontario canola grower says western Canadian farmers shouldn’t ignore new seed treatment regulations in his province because the decision to cut neonicotinoid use by 80 percent will affect farmers across the country. The Ontario government unveiled proposed regulations last week to curtail the use of neonicotinoids on corn and soybean seeds. Starting in 2016, […] Read more
No yield benefit from neonicotinoids: scientist
An American entomologist is questioning the effectiveness of planting seed coated with neonicotinoids. The controversial class of pesticides is in the news right now because of a possible link to bee deaths. Christian Krupke, an associate professor with Perdue University, isn’t calling for a ban, as are other entomologists, but he does say North American […] Read more
