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August 1st, 2017 — Chia cultivation featured in La Terre de chez nous
Chia is a superfood added to smoothies and energy bars and it can be grown in Québec.
August 4th, 2017 — La Voix de l'Est | Apple production: irrigation is gaining ground
IRDA’s Irrigation Caravan stopped by Pierre Côté Orchard in Dunham to bring growers up to speed on the latest irrigation tools.
August 16th, 2017 — Le Quotidien | Potato tips
IRDA’s Irrigation Caravan visited Saint-Ambroise on August 16, 2017.
August 17th, 2017 — La Terre de chez nous | Fighting Drosophila, one plot at a time
This method eliminates pesticide treatments against spotted wing drosophila.
August 27th, 2017 — La Terre de chez nous | Sweet corn: a large-scale trichogramma trial
To cut back on the use of pesticides used to control the European corn borer, Spécialités Lassonde has teamed up with IRDA to conduct trials on the large-scale deployment of trichogramma.
September 8th, 2017 — Agricultural soils study: launch of a major five-year Québec-wide project
MAPAQ tasked IRDA with conducting a study on the health of Québec’s agricultural soils.