Diagnostic Field School near Lethbridge

Producers (Crops) - July 2, 2010 - 12:00am
Ken Coles, General Manager of Southern Applied Research Association, has details of the Diagnostic Field School near Lethbridge July 6-8, 2010 (Call of the Land, Jul 2)

Field Scouting After Herbicide Application

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Alberta Agriculture's Mark Cutts discusses the benefits of field scouting for weeds, leaf disease and insects (Call of the Land, Jun 30)

SARDA Open House

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
The Smoky Applied Research & Demonstration Association is having an open house on July 15, 2010 (Agri-News, Jun 30)

AVAC Annual Reception

Agri-business - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
An event is being held in Calgary on July 23, 2010 which will inform participants of AVAC's performance of the last year (Agri-News, Jun 30)

Expanded List of Invasive Plants Included in New Act and Regulation

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
The regulation now organizes weed lists into two designations with 46 Prohibited Noxious weeds and 29 Noxious weeds listed (Agri-News, Jun 30)

Alberta Agriculture Special Crops Market Summary

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Charlie Pearson gives the latest information on special crops market trends (Call of the Land, Jun 30)

Dealing with Adverse Weather - Ongoing Crop Management

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
An overview of some of the management that can be implemented preceeding, during and following adverse weather. (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Deciphering the Strawberry Winterkill Issue - Thoughts and Speculations

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Discussion of strawberry winterkill, with reference to recent weather events (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Disease of the Month - Early Blight

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Overview of the symptoms, disease cycle and management strategies for control of early blight in Solanaceous crops (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Hort Morsels - Bits and Pieces - Hort Snacks - July 2010

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Various odds and ends of information and articles of interest to horticultural producers from the July 2010 issue of Hort Snacks (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Hort Snacks - July 2010

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Introduction to the July 2010 issue of Hort Snacks, a newsletter with timely articles targeted at direct market horticulture production (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Insect of the Month - Crucifer Flea Beetle

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Overview of the symptoms, life cycle and management strategies for Crucifer Flea Beetle, which can damage various vegetable crops (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Lessons Learned - Fruit and Vegetable Field Day - June 22, 2010

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Outline of some of the lessons that were gleaned from the farms visited during the fruit and vegetable field day in June 2010. (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Pesticide Groups - What are they and What do they mean? - Part 1

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Outline of insecticide and herbicide groups and their modes of action, with discussion of how the various modes of action work on target pests. (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Things to Do / Things to Think About This Month - July 2010

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
List of necessary tasks for horticultural producers to complete as ongoing maintenance for their fruit and vegetables during the month of July (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

Upcoming Conferences / Workshops

Producers (Crops) - June 30, 2010 - 12:00am
List of events being held in July, August and September 2010 that might be of interest to horticulture crop producers (Hort Snacks, Jun 30)

The Advanced Seeding Technology Demo

Producers (Crops) - June 29, 2010 - 12:00am
Mike Bevans from the AgTech Ag Tech Research Farm with details on the Advanced Seeding Technology Demo at Lethbridge on Wednesday, June 30 (Call of the Land, Jun 29)

Woodlot Association of Alberta Offers Trees

Agri-business - June 25, 2010 - 12:00am
The Woodlot Association of Alberta is offering white spruce and lodgepole pine seedlings at 25 cents apiece planted by professional planters for free (Call of the Land, Jun 25)

Preventing Dutch Elm Disease in Alberta

Producers (Crops) - June 25, 2010 - 12:00am
Reminder of the provincial elm pruning ban between April 1 and September 30 to assist in keeping Alberta Dutch Elm Disease (DED) free (Call of the Land, Jun 25)

Woodlot Association of Alberta Offers Trees

Producers (Crops) - June 25, 2010 - 12:00am
The Woodlot Association of Alberta is offering white spruce and lodgepole pine seedlings at 25 cents apiece planted by professional planters for free (Call of the Land, Jun 25)