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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Canadian Agriculture"”.
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Overwintering biology of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
… since 2012 and poses a significant threat to Canadian agriculture. I investigated the tolerance of H. halys to three stressors - low temperatures, desiccation, and energy depletion - in addition to investigating the role of lab-induced diapause in enhancing stress tolerance. Overwintering H. …
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Harvest Histories: A Social History of Mexican Farm Labour in Canada since 1974
… presence of non-citizen guest workers in agriculture in Canada have only more recently begun to enter the public arena, this dissertation probes how migrant agricultural workers have occupied a longer and more complex place in Canadian history than most Canadians may approximate. It …
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Wartime agricultural policy in Canada : an analysis of agricultural adjustment to wartime demand with particular reference to state intervention and control in the Second World War
… to outline the most important ways in which the Canadian agricultural economy adjusted to changing patterns of domestic and export demand during the Second World War. At the end of a decade of depression, the outbreak of hostilities in 1939 seemed to promise that high levels of Allied demand …
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The Public Good and Private Business of the Crow Rate: Prairie Grain Handling and Transportation Policy
The Crow rate shaped the Canadian prairies’ agricultural settlement yet a highly charged debate over it fostered a sense of western alienation. Originally signed in 1897 the Crowsnest Pass Agreement, more popularly known as the Crow rate, between the federal government and the Canadian Pacific …
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The institutional aspects of competitive access in the Western Canadian rail system
… are important to the profitability of Western Canadian agriculture. This importance is due to the high cost of transporting grain to export position combined with rail’s cost advantage in relation to other modes of bulk transportation. World grain markets are competitive and any increase in …
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Evaluation of Bioherbicidal Properties of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis for Control of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
… invasive plant species that is problematic in Canadian agriculture. It can be particularly challenging for organic farmers, as it cannot be eliminated using methods like tillage, due to its ability to regrow using adventitious shoots from root fragments. One strategy would be to use an organic …
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BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND ON-FARM CAPITAL INVESTMENT
… empirical analysis of the effects risk-reducing Canadian BRM programs have on investment. This paper examines the relationship between Canadian BRM programs and on-farm capital investment. This is done using theory and empirical analysis motivated by the risk-balancing framework put forward by …