Field signals & news
News from the field.
Field observations, research, disease-monitoring updates and practical crop-protection intelligence from the Spornado network.
Spornado causes a whirlwind of new research
A device that helps alert growers to the presence of airborne pathogens has been popping up in some Alberta cereal and canola fields in the last couple of years.
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Detection and Connection, Keys to Success for No-Power Powerhouse in Fungal Disease Detection
It was more than five years ago that Kristine White, co-founder and President of Spornado, was approached by a large company to source a passive air sampler to detect fungal…
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Spornado: Fast Results Mean Better Decision-Making on the Farm
People in agriculture need to make decisions fast as Mother Nature continually throws curve balls.
Read story →It’s a Spornado! But that’s good news for cereal growers
New tool for detecting disease-causing spores being rolled out across the Prairies.
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