Herbicide resistance and African Swine Fever vaccine

Herbicide resistance is a growing problem around the world. Dr. Charles Geddes with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based out of Lethbridge, Alberta specializes in the discovery, monitoring, and management of herbicide-resistant weeds in western Canada with a special interest in the management of glyphosate-resistant kochia. He will explain just how widespread the problem is and what farmers need to do to protect the herbicides they have available.     The work continues to develop a safe and effective vaccine to protect pigs against African Swine Fever. Researchers around the world are using various techniques to develop vaccines to protect pigs from ASF. In Saskatchewan, VIDO-InterVac Director and CEO Dr. Volker Gerdts says that vaccine will be available within two to three years. Dr. Gerdts will tell us about the process of developing the vaccine using an approach that is much safer than methods that use live virus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.