SOYBEAN HARVEST AT RISK AS WET WEATHER PERSISTS . . . PARKS CANADA DELAY DISPUTED MOOSE HUNT . . . FARMWORKS INFO SESSION COMING TO TATAMAGOUCHE . . . GLOBAL WARMING MAY AFFECT PEST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP  . . . OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

SOYBEAN HARVEST AT RISK AS WET WEATHER PERSISTS
Source: PEICanada.com
Most farmers have hung up their hats for the year as this winter quickly closes in, but for soybean growers in West Prince and across the Island the year’s harvest is in jeopardy. Soybeans are a relatively new crop to P.E.I., and require dry weather in order to be harvested. But so far this fall the weather has been notoriously wet, meaning that roughly 30,000 of acres of soybeans are still to be taken in. Now with the new snowfall many farmers may not be able to harvest at all, and their crops will be lost. (read more)

PARKS CANADA DELAY DISPUTED MOOSE HUNT
Source: The Chronicle Herald
An aboriginal moose hunt set to begin next month in Cape Breton Highlands National Park has been postponed for a year. The move follows complaints by non-native hunters who felt they should have been allowed to participate in the hunt, which Parks Canada was arranging with the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources. (read more)

FARMWORKS INFO SESSION COMING TO TATAMAGOUCHE
Source: Truro Daily News
An information session on the FarmWorks Community Economic Development Investment Fund is hitting Tatamagouche this weekend. The session begins at 1 pm Nov. 23 at the Tatamagouche Centre and will touch on how the fund is supporting food producers. The fund has raised more than $720,000 and has provided capital to 30 Nova Scotian food-related businesses. On the agenda will be questions such as what FarmWorks is, as well as what a CEDIF is, what the purpose of the CEDIF is, and some of the advantages of investing locally. (read more)

GLOBAL WARMING MAY AFFECT PEST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP
Source: The Grower
Warming global temperatures may affect the pest-parasite relationship, limiting the benefits of parasitoid wasps that typically keep pests in check. The disruption is caused by phenological mismatch – that's when the life stages of one organism change and are out of sync with its predators or parasites. (read more)