Resolution

Department:  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

WHEREAS years of excessive moisture have given rise to new challenges to grain production on the prairies;

WHEREAS the development of new varieties that are better adapted to these new environmental conditions, although a worthwhile endeavour, is a long term process;

WHEREAS fungicides are currently available elsewhere in the world that have not yet been registered in Canada but may be more cost efficient and more effective than products currently available;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby the federal and provincial governments to ensure the fast-tracked registration of more cost efficient and more effective fungicide options for Saskatchewan.