Canola School: Keeping an eye on the early competition

Canola is not a very competitive crop in its early stages, so keeping an eye on the competition is key. This Canola School looks at why a pre-emerge herbicide pass can be valuable, but also how the next step is to watch fo...

Verticillium gains ground on blackleg, sclerotinia in MB

Farmers preparing to seed canola might want to take a minute to visit the Canola Council of Canada’s website. The national group, drawing on data from the 2022 Manitoba Canola Disease Survey, has summed up the most signifi...

Should I spray or should I go?

Deciding on a fungicide application to control mycosphaerella blight (aka ascochyta blight) in field peas can be difficult. Many variables are at play, including disease occurrence, product selection, application timing, s...

Missing plants could signal early grasshopper feeding

The Agronomists: Rotten root rots with Alison Robertson & Clint Jurke

This episode of The Agronomists is dedicated to those rotten root rots. Identification, rotation impacts, scouting tips, and likely culprits for canola, corn, and soybeans — host Lyndsey Smith covers it all. Joining her is...

Wheat School: Seed treatments for soil-borne diseases

Just because there’s not a lot of biological activity going on in the soil, doesn’t mean the risk for soil-borne disease goes away. As Shad Milligan of Syngenta explains in RealAgriculture's latest Wheat School episode, yo...