ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER AGRONOMY 17 INDUSTRY COLLABORATION GOCROPS.CA This website showcases third-party variety and hybrid performance trial data for major Ontario field crops including cereals, corn, pulses, soybeans and canola. GoCrops.ca is a collaboration between Ontario Cereal Crops Committee (OCCC), Ontario Corn Committee (OCC), Ontario Pulse Crop Committee (OPCC), and Ontario Soybean and Canola Committee (OSACC). BE DRIFT AWARE Be Drift Aware, www.bedriftaware.ca, is a collaborative effort that was created to raise awareness and promote best practices that will help reduce spray drift in Ontario. This initiative brings together a wealth of existing knowledge, resources and tools to encourage the use of best application practices by farmers and sprayer operators to reduce the possibility of spray drift. The resource was developed in partnership with Grain Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, CropLife Canada, Sprayers 101, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness. COVER CROP DECISION TOOL The Midwest Cover Crops Council’s online resource helps you decide what cover crop best meets your farm’s needs. https:// covercroptool.midwestcovercrops.org. MANAGE RESISTANCE NOW Visit https://manageresistancenow.ca to discover effective strategies for managing resistance. This is your one-stop shop for expert insights, practical tools, and advice to help you navigate resistance challenges and cultivate resilience in your fields. CROP RISK TOOL The Crop Protection Network’s Crop Risk Tool, https://connect.doit.wisc.edu/cpn-risktool/, provides weather-based forecasting and risk assessments for various crop diseases, helping farmers, crop advisors, and agricultural researchers to make datadriven decisions. This free resource forecasts the risk of key foliar diseases by feeding local weather data into the validated models. Currently, this tool has risk models for tar spot and gray leaf spot in corn, while models for white mould and frogeye leaf spot have been deployed for soybeans. PESTMANAGER APP The Pest Manager allows you to identify, map and find integrated management options for common weeds, insects and disease in corn, soybean and cereal crops. Find it in your app store. •
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