By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Friday December 9, 2022

Dec 9, 2022 | 9:40 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – A new contest is asking Canadian growers how they outsmart pest resistance on their farms.

The Pest Management Challenge is hosted by Manage Resistance Now, a collaborative effort of industry, academics, and government experts brought together by CropLife Canada to raise awareness and promote the adoption of strategies to manage weed, insect, and disease resistance.

CropLife Canada Plant Biotechnology Jennifer Hubert said it’s a way to get farmers thinking about resistance management issues in their fields and then reward them for sharing their own experiences.

“Canadian farmers are already dealing with resistance issues on their farms and the Pest Management Challenge is an opportunity to get people talking and to encourage the adoption of resistance management best practices,” Hubert said in a news release. “After all, this is critical to protecting crop yield and quality today and to ensure continued access to technologies to support sustainable production going forward.”

The online contest at pestmanagementchallenge.ca is open to all Canadian farmers until Mar. 31.

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Contest entrants can fill out the short online form and share their own experiences for a chance to win an iPad Air. The first 200 entrants will receive a $10 Tim Hortons electronic gift card. Three iPad prize winners will be drawn on Apr. 10.

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Canada’s Agriculture Day is back on Feb. 15.

The day is set aside for the entire ag industry to celebrate accomplishments, share our pride, and open doors to new food conversations, and trends nationally on Twitter.

Canada’s Agriculture Day is a time to showcase all the things happening in the industry and to help consumers see the connection between where their food comes from and the people who produce it.

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Maple Leaf Foods is providing four $15,000 scholarships to Master and PhD students studying food insecurity.

Scholarships will be awarded to candidates with strong academic records, who are pursuing research that aligns with the goal to reduce food insecurity, and whose research will contribute to the body of knowledge on food insecurity in Canada.

This marks the fourth year of the program which has financially supported nine Master and PhD students since 2019.

Scholarship applications must be submitted by Feb. 10.

More on the scholarship awards process is available here.

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