Identity area
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Crop Technology Branch
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Ontario. Plant Industry Branch
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Dates of existence
History
The Plant Industry Branch was created in 1982 in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. It took over the soil conservation and grower incentive programs from the Soils and Crops Branch which had been dissolved.
The new Plant Industry Branch became part of the Advisory and Technical Services Division. It later became part of the Agricultural and Rural Services Division.
In 1993 the name of the branch changed to Crop Technology and its responsibilities for the Weed Control Act and were given over to the Resources and Regulations Branch and the Innovation Agriculture Unit moved to the Rural Development Secretariat.
In 2001 the responsibility for managing the Weed Control Act returned to Crop Technology.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Plant Industry Branch, now Crop Technology, was responsible for the promotion of new soil and crop technology and management practices in Ontario. It also compiled information and investigated the feasibility of introducing alternate crops in the province and provided information on the safe and correct use of pesticides to commercial growers.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Annual Reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 1982-1993
Kwic indexes 1991 to 2001
Government of Ontario telephone directories 1991 to 2004
Maintenance notes
Not found in the Canadiana Authorities, December 2002.
Archivist(s):
Aston