Farm Focus

Farm Focus - Opinion - The Cultivator

Spotted Wing Drosophila—it's here, now how do we deal with it?

By Rachael Cheverie—Horticultural Specialist, PerenniaIf you are a fruit grower you’ve probably heard of the spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) (SWD), an invasive vinegar fly that has been making its way across North America. It was first detected in 2008 in California and has since...

Other news

Responding to predators and predation

July 8, 2010 - 9 h 18

The pasture season is well underway for most producers. For many, predation by coyotes and, to a lesser extent, bear is their major concern while the livestock is at pasture. Good fences, guardian animals like dogs, donkeys, and/or lamas and good...

0 Comment
Farmer intuition as a tool for assessing soil health

May 13, 2010 - 11 h 07

The longer days and the warmer weather are welcome signs that spring has arrived. As we pull ourselves out of winter hibernation, signs of life are everywhere around us. It’s a time of year when early morning preparations are starting in...

0 Comment
Readying the dairy industry for an emergency

May 6, 2010 - 11 h 54

Floods, fires, hurricanes, lengthy power outages and the threat of a human pandemic have disrupted our lives in the Atlantic Provinces in recent years. Was the dairy industry ready to deal with any of these ‘events’? Ready or not, they...

0 Comment