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Category Archives: Medicinal
Trianum P Biological Fungicide Label Expanded to Many Crops including Herbs and Cannabis
By Jim Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion registration for Trianum P Biological Fungicide for: the Suppression of Post-Emergence Damping Off Caused by Rhizoctonia … Continue reading
Understanding the Value of Fertilizers and Supplements for Specialty Crops
Growers of all crops are bombarded with advertisements and salespeople selling a wide range of fertilizers and supplements. For specialty crop growers there is added uncertainty given the limited research specific to these crops on all aspects of fertilization. As … Continue reading
Posted in All Specialty Crops, Biomass, Culinary, Fibre Crops, Ginseng Production, Goji, Grain Amaranth, Haskap, Herbs, Hops, Hops Production, Industrial and Misc. Crops, Industrial Hemp, Lavender, Medicinal, Oil Crops, Other Herbs, Other Industrial Crops, Other Specialty Fruit and Nuts, Other Specialty Grains, Other Specialty Vegetables, Quinoa, Sea Buckthorn, Specialty Fruit and Nuts, Specialty Grains, Specialty Vegetable Meetings, Specialty Vegetable Pest Management, Specialty Vegetable Production, Specialty Vegetables, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Production, Teff, Tree Nuts
Tagged all specialty crops, Fertility, Ginseng, Lavender, supplements
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Health Canada is seeking feedback from the cannabis industry on a financial relief proposal.
The following information is from a communication I received from Health Canada that should be of interest to all Canadian licenced cannabis producers. Health Canada recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has created exceptional challenges that are being felt across the … Continue reading
Notes from the 2018 Cannabis Cultivation Conference
I recently attended a conference in Oakland, CA that was focused on the cultivation of medical and recreational cannabis. The covered topics included integrated pest management, fertility, drying and curing and facility design. In general, the legal cannabis industry in … Continue reading
How Long Do I Run My Drip Lines?
By Rebecca Shortt, Water Quantity Engineer, OMAFRA This blog post will show the 2 steps to roughly calculate how long to run a drip system. First calculate the plant water demand. This was shown in my post from last week. … Continue reading
Posted in All Specialty Crops, Culinary, Ginseng, Ginseng Production, Goji, Haskap, Herbs, Hops, Hops Production, Lavender, Medicinal, Other Herbs, Other Specialty Fruit and Nuts, Other Specialty Vegetables, Sea Buckthorn, Specialty Fruit and Nuts, Specialty Vegetable Production, Specialty Vegetables, Tree Nuts
Tagged all specialty crops, Ginseng, Hops, Irrigation, Lavender, Specialty Berries, Specialty Fruit
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Information on the USDA’s Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) recently hosted a webinar entitled , “An Overview of the PACA Complaint Process”. Information on how to access this webinar and other information on this program is detailed in the message below that was sent out … Continue reading
Posted in Culinary, Goji, Haskap, Herbs, Lavender, Medicinal, Other Herbs, Other Specialty Fruit and Nuts, Other Specialty Vegetables, Sea Buckthorn, Specialty Fruit and Nuts, Specialty Vegetable Meetings, Specialty Vegetable Pest Management, Specialty Vegetable Production, Specialty Vegetables, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Meetings, Sweet Potato Other, Sweet Potato Pest Management, Sweet Potato Production, Tree Nuts, Uncategorized
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