Farm Invention Challenge now open in Ontario | Tool helps track insects blowing in the wind

View As Webpage | View Archives


Subscribe to Magazine \| topcropmanager.com MMMM d, yyyy
FEATURED NEWS: Tool helps track insects blowing in the wind
If you click the images or links in the Sponsor Spotlight advertisement we will provide your subscription contact information only to that sponsor.



News

Canada fleabane: what can we do? OMAFRA's Mike Cowbrough, weed management field crops program lead, discusses what can be done to combat fleabane, which is popping up with glyphosate resistance in several Ontario counties. >> Read full article
Mental health at work Leading Canadian employers have committed to protecting and improving the psychological health and safety of their employees in order to reduce the costs of mental illness in Canada. >> Read full article
Farm Invention Challenge now open in Ontario Tinkering, mending, dabbling, modifying, revolutionizing – whatever it is that you do in your workshop, barn or out in the field, now is your chance for your MacGyver side to shine and win some cash. Farm & Food Care is launching the Ontario-wide Farm Invention Challenge with $9,000 in cash prizes available for winning entries in the categories of animal care and water efficiency and quality. >> Read full article
Sponsor’s Message

Y We Farm – A Young Farmer Video Competition Competitors from across Canada will have the opportunity to win a trip to attend the Agricultural Excellence Conference in Winnipeg, November 2014, all expenses paid. To enter the competition, contestants must be young farmers (20-40) and produce a video, one minute or less, that demonstrates: What does the future of Canadian agriculture look like to you? Contest Deadline - Friday October 24, 2014. Sponsored by Farm Management Canada and AgAnnex >>Learn More
Featured News

Tool helps track insects blowing in the wind Corn earworms, also known as cotton bollworms, migrate at night, making them notoriously hard to track. Farmers worried about controlling infestations have to make educated guesses about the pest's movements, based on reports from other areas and past experience. Guessing wrong can be expensive, but U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in College Station, Texas, have shown that signals routinely collected by the National Weather Service's (NWS) Doppler radar network could serve as an early-warning system to track corn earworms and other night-time traveling pests. >> Learn More…





Event Calendar

Cereals North America Conference Tuesday, October 28, 2014, to Thursday, October 30, 2014 Location: Winnipeg, Man. >> More Info
Agri-Trade Wednesday, November 05, 2014, to Saturday, November 08, 2014 Location: Red Deer, Alta. >> More Info
Agricultural Excellence Conference Wednesday, November 19, 2014, to Friday, November 21, 2014 Location: Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, MB >> More Info