Alberta’s Crop Protection Guide

“The Blue Book is always within arm’s reach in my office, whether it’s my office at work or my ‘new’ home office! We not only use it for planning maintenance of our plot areas, but also to ensure that the herbicide strategies being used in our research trials are representative of those being used by farmers, and to make sure we are targeting management of intended weeds. It’s easy to use, simple to look up options and has critical information for research trials such as re-cropping restrictions which is always important for management within rotational trials, as well as in non-plot areas that may go into research trials in following years.”

-Dr. Breanne Tidemann, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

“One thing I appreciate from a publication like the Blue Book is having the pesticide information easily accessible with clear uses, restrictions, timings and rates in one location in the same format so it makes it easy to compare how a product will best be used on our farms.”

-Greg Stamp, Farmer and Seed Grower from Enchant, Alberta

“Alberta’s Crop Protection Blue Book is a valuable resource for farmers and agronomists! Over the years it has been my main go-to reference for pesticide selection and application, providing pertinent label information for all of the registered products. I’ve always found the charts summarizing the pesticide products within the various modes of action (Groups) so helpful for planning pesticide use strategies to help manage against pest resistance. Look forward to seeing the Blue Book continue to be available in Alberta for years to come!”

-Rob Dunn (P.Ag), Agronomist, FarmWise Inc.