Trade Resources
Spotted Wing Drosophila
The spotted wing drosophila fly, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) was first identified in the Western United States in late 2008. Since July 2009, it has been found in Florida, Oregon and Washington. It has been established in Hawaii since 1986. For current information and local "Risk Alerts" follow the links below.
BC Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Michigan State University Pest Management Resources
The Water Bucket
The waterbucket.ca website is the key to the communication strategy for the Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia. It is designed to provide the complete story on integrated water management - why, what, where and how.
Drip Irrigation
In an effort to spread the word on the benefits of drip irrigation, TORO recently launched a new website aimed at educating growers. Visitors to www.dripirrigation.org can access testimonials, illustrations, software, videos and links that answer questions about drip irrigation technologies – ranging from the most basic to the very advanced.
Online Training from Hunter
Training.hunterindustries.com is an online Learning Management Systems that allows Hunter to create courses that deliver video, streaming content, resources, testing, user Q&A and is available to anyone with access to a computer.
Drip Tips
A new blog with tips, trends and other useful drip irrigation information.
Irrigation Water Quality
Agriculture is by far the largest water use at global level. Irrigation of agricultural lands accounted for 70% of the water used worldwide. The water quality used for irrigation is essential for the yield and quantity of crops, maintenance of soil productivity, and protection of the environment.
Farmwest.com
Farmwest.com is a comprehensive website primarily for forage and field crop producers in BC, Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the US.
Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest
This web site is dedicated to improving the understanding of irrigation planning and management in order to increase grower probability and enhance our enviroment.
