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Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday September 11, 2019

Sep 11, 2019 | 9:17 AM

A new type of a soil-borne invasive disease that can kill canola plants has been found in Manitoba for the first time.

The province says clubroot pathotype 3-A has been discovered in the Rural Municipality of Pembina.

It has been shown to overcome resistance that some types of canola have to the disease.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) said this finding should prompt the industry to take clubroot seriously.

CCC said producers should establish clubroot management plans in order to get ahead of the disease.

Clubroot was first detected in a few Alberta canola fields in 2003 but has since spread and has been found in Saskatchewan.

A farm group wants the new North American trade agreement renegotiated to fix a major flaw and it has nothing do with Canada’s supply management system for diary.

The National Farmers Union said the new deal’s extended patent protection for new pharmaceuticals must be reduced so that less expensive generic versions of new drugs can be available to consumers sooner.

It said farm families that face growing stress and shrinking markets need better access to affordable health care, which includes pharmaceuticals.

Neither Canada nor the U.S. has ratified the new deal and the Liberal government has said it won’t renegotiate the agreement.

Global tracking of swine diseases is helping pork producers be better equipped to guard against the threat of existing and emerging diseases.

Swine Health Executive Director Dr. Paul Sundberg said these reports utilize data from a wide number of sources.

He said with the help of the University of Minnesota they are monitoring animal health events internationally.

Sundberg said Swine Health has contacts with people on the ground in those countries.

He added the primary interest right now is African Swine Fever.

alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @AliceMcF

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