Requirements to export Canadian alfalfa and timothy hay to China

Insects would not likely survive the processing and storage practices for hay.

• Alfalfa seed chalcid (Bruchophagus roddi Gussakovskii)
• Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande))
• Corn earworm (Heliocoverpa zea (Boddie))
• American serpentine leaf miner (Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess))
• Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor (Say))
• White fringed weevil (Naupactus leucoloma Boheman)

• Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)
• American dagger nematode (Xiphinema americanum)

• Cotton root rot (Phymatotrichum omnivorum)
• Phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora megasperma f.sp. Medicagensis)
• Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum)

• Bacterial wilt (Clavibacter michiganense ssp. insidiosum)
• Xylella fastidiosa (No common name provided)

• Alfalfa enation rhabdovirus (No common name provided)
• Peanut stunt virus (No common name provided)
• Tobacco ringspot virus (No common name provided)
• Tomato ringspot virus (No common name provided)

Weeds are controlled through the use of herbicides and various cultivation practices. The harvesting schedule (2-3 times per growing season) also reduces the likelihood that any weeds would have seeds attached if harvested with the alfalfa.

• Prostrate amaranth (Amaranthus blitoides)
• Southern sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus)
• Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• Field dodder (Cuscuta campestris)
• Clover dodder (Cuscuta epithymum)
• Spiny emex (Emex australis)
• Poison darnel (Lolium temulentum)
• Small broomrape (Orobanche minor)
• Knot root bristle grass (Setaria parviflora)
• Horse-nettle (Solanum carolinense)
• Silver leaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
• Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)

• Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor (Say))
  Note: Insects would not likely survive the processing and storage practices for hay.

• Bentgrass nematode (Anguina agrostis)

• Leaf spot (Drechslera phlei)
• Leaf spot (Mycosphaerella lineolata)
• Snow mold (Nectria tuberculariformis, Acremonium boreale (anamorph))
• Root rot (Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides)
• Leaf spot (Rhynchosporina meinersii)

Weeds are controlled through the use of herbicides and various cultivation practices. The harvesting schedule (2-3 times per growing season) also reduces the likelihood that any weeds would have seeds attached if harvested with the timothy.

• Poison darnel (Lolium temulentum)
• Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)
• North Africa grass/Wiregrass (Ventenata dubia)

• Bluetongue
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Foot and Mouth Disease
• Vesicular Stomatitis
• Equine Infectious Anemia
• Equine Encephalomyelitis
• Salmonellosis
• West Nile Fever

Companies (exporter/processor) operating under the program will maintain a current list of farms from which the alfalfa hay is sourced. A field inspection must be completed for each field and the inspection reports retained by the processor such that every shipment of alfalfa hay to China can be traced back to individual farms/fields. See an example of a field inspection report form.

Growing season field inspections are required to ensure that the requirements for pest management and monitoring are completed, and that alfalfa hay is free from quarantine plant pests regulated by China. Should the individual inspecting the fields suspect that it is infected with a pest of concern, a sample of the infected host material (and/or pest, in the case of insects and weeds) must be provided to the local CFIA office for laboratory testing.

Inspectors of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will support industry training related to the identification of China's regulated pests in alfalfa hay. Joint inspections on 25% of all alfalfa fields will be conducted over the first 2 years that a facility exports alfalfa to China to provide ongoing training and oversight, and to verify industry's ability to identify China's regulated pests.

Pest risk assessments have been completed, identifying the regulated pests of concern to China in alfalfa hay that may occur in Canada and that could or are likely to be associated with dry, compressed alfalfa hay.

For additional information on field and baled hay inspection techniques, and the identification of pests regulated by China in alfalfa hay, contact your local CFIA office.

Growing season field inspections are not mandatory under the timothy arrangement. If they are not completed, the grower/processor is required to submit an affidavit to local CFIA office.

The affidavit must cover the following import requirements for China:

• Fields are separate from animal pastures and farms (no grazing of fields with domesticated livestock)
• Hay storage areas are separated from domestic livestock
• Confirmation that good agronomic practices have been used to avoid the contamination of hay during harvest, drying, storage and transportation with roots, soil, and other extraneous matter
• Confirmation that the grower has followed good agronomic practices to minimize the potential for the occurrence of quarantine pests

The affidavit must be signed by either the grower or by the processor, if the processor has visited the field during the year, observing and/- or discussing with the farmer the general production practices

With the temperature at 15°C and above, 32 g/m³ lasting 16 to 24 hours under atmosphere pressure, 40 g/m³ in vacuum lasting 3 hours.

There should be at least 1 packing mark in each container of each shipment noting the name of the processing facility, registration number and the typeface Canadian Alfalfa Hay for Export to the People's Republic of China.

Part 1: Inspection of hay fields for regulated pests of concern to China

• Contracting company represented:
• Company's information (address, telephone number, fax number, email):
• Name of grower:
• Grower's information (address, telephone number, fax number, email):

Field location

Please attach a map of the field to this application.

• Civic address:
• Section township:
• County or range:
• Province:
• GPS coordinates:

Crop information

• Species:
• Variety:
• Estimated acreage:

Crop/field characteristics

• Has livestock manure been applied in this current cropping season?
  • If yes, indicate when:
• Has the field been grazed by livestock in the past year?
  • If yes, indicate when:
• Are there any signs of animal waste/excreta in the field?

Lab samples

Samples must be submitted to local CFIA office.

• Item submitted:
• Date submitted:
• Sample number:
• Sample test result and comments

Completion

• Inspected by:
• Affiliation:
• Signature:
• Date:

Part 2: Record for field inspection

The inspector must indicate if the pest is present on the crop in the field, and what in-field corrective measures were taken, if applicable.

Insect species

• Hessian fly host material
• Alfalfa seed chalcid (Bruchophagus roddi Gussakovskii)
• Western flower thrips (Frankiniella occidentalis (Pergande))
• Corn earwork (Heliocoverpa zea (Boddie))
• American serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess))
• Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor (Say))
• Whitefringed weevil (Naupactus leucoloma Boheman)**

Virus species

• Alfalfa enation rhabdovirus**, Peanut stunt virus**, Tobacco ringspot virus*, and Tomato ringspot virus*.
• Fungi species:
• Phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. medicagensis)
• Cotton root rot (Phymatotrichum omnivorum)*
• Verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum)

Bacteria species

• Bacterial wilt (Clavibacter michiganenese ssp. Insidiosum)***
• Xylella fastidiosa

Nematode species

• Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)
• American dagger nematode (Xiphinema americanum)*

Weed species

• Prostrate amaranth (Amaranthus blitoides)
• Southern sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus)**
• Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• Field dodder (Cuscuta campestris)
• Clover dodder (Cuscuta epithymum)
• Spiny emex (Emex australis)**
• Poison darnel (Lolium temulentum)
• Small broomrape (Orobanche minor)**
• Knotrootbristlegrass (Setaria parviflora)**
• Horse-nettle (Solanum carolinense)
• Silverleaf nightshade (Solanumela eagnifolium)**
• Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense).

* Not reported from alfalfa in Canada
**Not know to occur in Canada
***Generally considered absent from Canada

Part 3: Other remarks

Provides a section for other remarks