• Animals
• Bees
• Food Safety and Quality
• Land
• Marketing
• Plants
• Program Reports
• Research

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Animals

Animal Diseases

• Animal Disease Pamphlets

Animal Husbandry

• Alternative Feed Program
  • Alternative Feed Program Reports
• Environmental Series Guidelines
  • Livestock Producers
  • Poultry Producers
• Fur Farming
  • Fatty liver syndrome (268 KB)
• Newfoundland Pony
  • Newfoundland Pony Pamphlets
  • Newfoundland Pony Society Colouring Book (1.4 MB)
• Sheep Farming
  • Newfoundland Sheep
    • Genetic Preservation and Development of “Newfoundland Local” Sheep as a Breed: Interim Report #2 (246 KB)
    • Newfoundland Local Sheep: Is It a Myth or a Mystery (85 KB)
  • Hypothermia in lambs (468 KB)

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Bees

• Bee Industry Overview 2016 (1.6 MB)
• Import Regulation for Honeybees (122 KB)

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Food Safety and Quality

General Information

• Food Safety Overview (997 KB)
• HACCP Information (68 KB)
• Pest Control (53 KB)

Food Processing

• Employee Hygiene Practices (1.4 MB)
• Food Plant Sanitation (112 KB)
• Meat Slaughtering Risks (170 KB)
• Stop Illegal Slaughter (283 KB)
• Time and Temperature (71 KB)

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Land

Environment

• Beneficial Management Practices for Riparian Zones in Atlantic Canada (3.4 MB)
• Best Management Practices for Riparian Zones in Newfoundland and Labrador (270 KB)
• Biodigestion Fact Sheet
• Biogas Project Poster
• Development Permits for the Construction/Expansion of Livestock and Poultry Facilities (61 KB)
• Farm Residential Sewage Disposal Systems (67 KB)
• Overview of Environmental/Health Programs (Agriculture Related) (216 KB)
• Storage and Handling of Petroleum Products on the Farm (56 KB)

Land Use

• Agrifoods Industry Overview (2.9 MB)
• Land Consolidation (490 KB)
• Lands Act Review
• Newfoundland and Labrador Guidelines for Clearing Land for Cultivation and Pasture (2.8 MB)
• The St. John’s Urban Region (Agriculture) Development Area Review Commission Report 2008 (13.3 MB)

Soils

• Atlantic Soils Need Lime (733 KB)
• CAP Poster Fact Sheet
• Effect of Biochar on Soils with Dairy Manure
• Engineered Soil Fact Sheet
• How to Take a Soil Sample (353 KB)
• Mud Lake Road Agricultural Reserve (Report No. 073064) (31.2 MB)
• Soil Fertility Guide (1.3 MB)
• Soil, Plant and Feed Laboratory (346 KB)
• Turfgrass Production on Organic Soil (956 KB)

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Marketing

• UPC Codes for Newfoundland and Labrador Fruit (68 KB)
• UPC Codes for Newfoundland and Labrador Vegetables (73 KB)

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Plants

Crop Publications

• Environmental Series Guidelines – Horticulture Producers
• Fruits
  • The Wild Partridgeberry Industry in Newfoundland and Labrador and the Potential for Expansion Utilizing European Cultivars (114 KB)
  • Raspberry Production (158 KB)
  • Wild Lingonberry (86 KB)
• Christmas Trees
  • Growing Christmas Trees (22 KB)
  • Moose – Christmas Tree Grower Conflicts (21 KB)
  • Production of Christmas Wreaths (19 KB)
• Grains
  • Bulk Grain Bin Storage a Success in 1996 (64 KB)
  • Fall Rye Cereal (64 KB)
  • Recommendations for Growing Grain in Newfoundland (Report #1) (147 KB)
  • Recommendation for Small Grain Production in Newfoundland (Report #2) (79 KB)
  • 1995 Grain Project Summary (97 KB)
  • Grain Production in Newfoundland 97/98 (Summary) (56 KB)
  • Grain Production in Newfoundland 97/98 (114 KB)
  • Silage Corn Production (211 KB)
• Vegetable Listing
• Electric Fencing to Prevent Crop Damage (4.44 MB)

Plant Pests and Control

• European Marsh Crane Fly (Leatherjackets) (16 KB)
• Managing Late Blight (17 KB)
• Fungicide Selection for Late Blight Control (17 KB)
• Managing Clubroot (20 KB)

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Program Reports

• Growing Forward Evaluation 2009 – 2012 (41.4 MB)
• Growing Forward Highlights (1.6 MB)

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Research

Provincial Agriculture Research and Development Program

Projects 2014-15

Provincial Projects

Crop and Soil Research Program

• Viability of winter wheat and spring barley cultivation for animal feed production in Insular Newfoundland (1.4 MB)
• Forage blends for newly cleared land (1.3 MB)

Livestock Diversification and Animal Health

• Avian influenza in ocean going birds of Newfoundland and Labrador. A threat to the province’s poultry industry (348 KB)
• Genetic studies of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and associated Kiebsiella mastitis research (56 KB)
• Application of molecular methods and high throughput sequencing to identify pathogens involved in mink footpad necrosis disease (42KB)

Alternative Crops

• Evaluation of new cranberry, partridgeberry, half high blueberry cultivars (3.6 MB)

Fruit Crops

• Wild blueberry field renovation (240KB)

Vegetable Production

• Seed Potato Research and Development – Nuclear Seed Potato Propagation Facility and Glenwood Farm   (886 KB)
• Accelerated Release (1.1 MB)

Scientific Publications

• Antioxidant and cytoprotective properties of partridgeberry polyphenols (391 KB)
• Partridgeberry polyphenols protect primary cortical and hippocampal neurons against B-amyloid toxicity (1.4 MB)

Agriculture Research Initiative Projects 2011-14

Provincial Research
Crop and Soil Research Program

• Viability of winter wheat and spring barley cultivation for animal feed production in insular Newfoundland (1.7 MB)
• Forage mixtures for yield and quality (1.7 MB)

Livestock Diversification and Animal Health

• Sheep genetic enhancement (1.2 MB)
• Predator control for pastured sheep (860 KB)
• Production assessments and improvements of Newfoundland swine herds (327 KB)
• Prevalence and transmission of Avian influenza viruses in Newfoundland and Labrador (8.2 MB)

Alternative Crops

• Evaluation of new cranberry, partridgeberry, half-high blueberry cultivars (3.6 MB)

Vegetable Production

• Evaluation of integrated planting systems for growing sweet potato in Newfoundland (817 KB)

Academic Research

• Impacts of agricultural drainage on greenhouse gas emissions in Newfoundland – MUN (733 KB)
• Value added products development from partridgeberry in Southern Labrador – Dalhousie University (726 KB)
• Pollination of commercial cranberry in Newfoundland by native and introduced bees – College of the North Atlantic (3.1 MB)
• Effects of biochar application on soil fertility and crop productivity on sandy soils in Happy Valley-Goose Bay – MUN (368 KB)
• Characterization of Streptomyces species causing common scab disease in Newfoundland – MUN (2.1 MB)
• Development of lures and traps to monitor and control the cabbage root maggot in Newfoundland – Acadia University (542 KB)

Projects 2009-2010 – Final Reports
Alternative Feeds Program – On-Farm Forage Trials

• Alternative Feeds Program ON-FARM FORAGE TRIALS (622 KB)
• Communications
• Gallery/Photo

Cranberry Integrated Pest Management

• Cranberry Integrated Pest Management Final Report (249 KB)

Fly Monitoring Program

• 2010 Fly Monitoring Program Final Report (178 KB)
• 2010 Fly Monitoring Program Synopsis (35 KB)

Glenwood Seed Potato Farm

• Glenwood Seed Potato Farm Final Report (702 KB)

Honeybee Hive Health Project

• 2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Honey Bee Disease Survey (107 KB)

Integrated Pest Management Projects – Cole Crops and Sweet Corn

• 2010 Cole Crops Sweet Corn Final Report (193 KB)

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