The 2009 Wheat Midge Forecast Map is now available for download from the Ministry of Saskatchewan's website.

Information on the use of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides for control of weeds, plant diseases and insects.

Information that can help estimate the income and cost of production for different crops on summer fallow and stubble in the various soil zones in the province.

The Government of Canada is offering 2008 tax deferrals to producers who have been dealing with drought in designated areas of Saskatchewan.

Producers in Saskatchewan will continue to have access to two per cent liquid strychnine to help control the gopher population in 2009.

The annual grasshopper survey has identified areas of high populations that could result in economic infestations for producers in southern Saskatchewan in 2009.   The forecast map is based on observations of adult grasshoppers during the 2008 fall survey by Saskatchewan Crop Insurance personnel.