As a trusted advisor, you play an important role in protecting the quality and reputation of Canadian canola, cereals and pulses by providing service and advice to help your customers grow crops that meet the requirements of Canada’s domestic and export customers.
To help inform and guide your conversations about growing a market-ready crop, Keep it Clean is pleased to provide you with a library of resources, tailor made for advisors.
Please download and print these resources or share them electronically with your clients and customers. If you would like to direct the public to information on the Keep it Clean website, please refer them to the applicable URL on the handout.
Downloads
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pdf Manage Fusarium Head Blight to Keep it Clean Infographic (576 KB) — a sharable one-page resource to help communicate the market risk posed by FHB, as well as tips to manage the disease and reduce DON in harvested grain.
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pdf Keep it Clean: Help Keep Markets Open For All (441 KB) handout – explains the importance of “keeping it clean” to protect Canada’s access to key export markets; includes the 5 Simple Tips to Keep it Clean.
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pdf Keep it Clean Pre-Harvest Glyphosate Staging Guide (1.07 MB) – a visual guide for determining <30% grain moisture in canola, pulses and cereals .
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pdf 2020 Products of Concern advisor’s letter (1.54 MB) – a list of this year’s products of concern to distribute to your staff; includes tips to mitigate risk.
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pdf 2020 Products of Concern handout (1.81 MB) – a list of this year’s products of concern to share with your customers; includes tips to mitigate risk.
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pdf Spray to Swath Interval Calculator Instructions (426 KB) – directions for using the interactive tool found at spraytoswath.ca to calculate PHI or to find a pesticide to meet a specific timeline.
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pdf 5 Simple Tips Pocket Guide (447 KB) – shareable electronically; for printed copies, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (while supplies last).
Newsletters/Blog Posts
Use these ready-made articles and bulletins on your website, blog or newsletter, citing Keep it Clean as the source, to help your customers keep their canola, pulse and cereal crops market ready. New materials are added throughout the growing season, so be sure to check back frequently.
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Article: pdf Managing Pre-Harvest Glyphosate Application (July 2020) (617 KB) – information on the pre-harvest glyphosate and its role in growing a market-ready crop. For cereal, pulse, canola growers.
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Article: pdf Pre Harvest Interval (July 2020) (157 KB) – information on the pre-harvest interval and its role in growing a market-ready crop. For canola and pulse crops.
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Article: pdf Fusarium Head Blight (June 2020) (169 KB) – tips to stay ahead of fusarium head blight and manage FHB-damaged crops to minimize risk. Relevant to cereal growers.
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Article: pdf Malathion (May 2020) (163 KB) – article reminding growers to keep canola out of bins that have been treated with malathion to protect the quality of their crop.
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Article: pdf Follow the Label (May 2020) (169 KB) – the importance of following the label for application rate, timing and pre-harvest interval. For cereal, pulse, canola growers.
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Article: pdf 2020 Products of Concern (May 2020) (192 KB) – 2020 products of concern and tips to mitigate risk. Relevant to cereal growers.
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Article: pdf 2020 Pulse MRL Advisory (April 2020) (192 KB) – crop protection products that may create market risk. Relevant to pulse growers.
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Article: pdf Canola Safe Storage (Feb 2020) (193 KB) – tips to safely store canola under high risk conditions. Relevant to canola growers.
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Article: pdf Cereals Safe Storage (2019) (191 KB) – information on how to prevent the formation of OTA in stored grain. Relevant to cereal growers.
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Article: pdf Blackleg (2019) (159 KB) – best-practices for a blackleg management plan. Relevant to canola growers.
The Keep it Clean partners continuously monitor potential risks in major export markets, so when you share information from Keep it Clean, you can be confident that it is from a trusted source and reflects current issues affecting the industry. Please contact the Keep it Clean team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions or comments.