BASF receives registration for Armezon in east
January 16, 2012, Mississauga, Ont – BASF Canada Inc.
(BASF) has received regulatory approval for the use of new Armezon™ herbicide
on field, seed, and sweet corn crops in Eastern Canada for the 2012 growing season.
Weed seeds can stowaway
 October 20, 2011,
Lawrence, KS – When you take your four-wheel drive out for a spin this fall,
you might be bringing home more than memories. Researchers at Montana State
University have found that vehicles are routinely transporting invasive weed
seeds.
Keeping it covered
Cover crops serve important functions such as enriching soil organic
matter, cycling nutrients, and protecting soil from water and wind
erosion.
Ontario spotted wing drosophila update
 September 6, 2011 – Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) has now
been detected in several counties in Ontario including Essex, Kent, Niagara,
Norfolk and Oxford. All of the finds have occurred in commercial stone fruit
and berry crops. The counts listed below represent traps collected the week of
August 15th to 23rd. There have been no reports of infested fruit to
date.
Report on stink bug meeting in PA
 June 29, 2011 – They
gathered seven miles north of the Gettysburg battlefield memorialized in
President Lincoln’s famous speech. The first one to speak appeared exhausted,
with an underlying tone of defeat in his voice as he pleaded with the group,
“We need help.” Two others were to follow, each as weary and desperate-sounding
as the first. Civil War soldiers come to swap battle stories? No, three growers
invited to talk to the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) working group
assembled in Biglerville, Pennsylvania, at the Pennsylvania State University
Fruit Research and Extension Center, June 20-21.
Grapevine moth sparks quarantine in California
 June 16, 2011, Santa Cruz,
CA – Agriculture officials have ordered an eradication program and quarantine
of a five-mile area of Santa Cruz County because of the discovery of a second European
grapevine moth.
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