July 11, 2025

Tar spot is here! ON confirms first finding of the season

Tar spot, a new yield-robbing leaf disease, has arrived in Ontario corn fields as expected and farmers are being encouraged to get out and scout and protect their crop's yield potential. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Fo...

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July 06, 2025

MB watches 2025 true armyworm migration

True armyworm numbers blowing into Manitoba haven’t sparked alarm in 2025, but agriculture entomologists urge farmers to scout their crops anyway for the damaging pest insect. Find out more on its migration from this Weste...

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July 06, 2025

Crucifer still dominant flea beetle species eating MB canola

There are 86 species of flea beetles in Manitoba. The province says about 10 of Manitoba’s 86 species are canola eaters. Of those, only two are likely to appear in high numbers: crucifer and striped. Striped flea beetles h...

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July 06, 2025

Soybean aphid activity in some fields

Soybean aphids (SBA) have been spotted in a few fields in southern Ontario that haven’t seen SBA in quite a few years. As soybeans begin to enter R1, weekly scouting is advised, focusing first on the earlier planted fields...

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June 27, 2025

Corn School: It's time to scout for tar spot

Tar spot has been ramping up across Ontario ever since the leaf disease was first spotted in the province back in 2020. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, agronomist Ken Currah looks at the potential impact ...

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June 13, 2025

Corn School: Volunteer corn management in the age of resistance

Managing volunteer corn can sometimes feel like an afterthought—until it’s not. In regions where herbicide-resistant traits stack up across crops such corn and soybeans, it’s becoming increasingly important for growers to ...

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June 13, 2025

Physiological leaf spot suspected in southern AB winter wheat

A warm June has resulted in suspected sightings of physiological leaf spot in a number of winter wheat fields in southern Alberta, according to Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network. Read more on the sightings from this ...

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June 13, 2025

Canola School: Sclerotinia doesn’t disappear in dry cycles

Think sclerotinia won’t show up just because it’s been dry? Last year proved that even after a string of droughts, one wet window is all this sneaky disease needs to make a comeback. After several years of drought, many Pr...

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June 13, 2025

MB watches true armyworm migration

Manitoba Agriculture officials are back monitoring the annual migration of true army worms. The province has put out about 50 moth traps to get a sense of where the adults are in 2025. So far, moderate levels have been fou...

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June 13, 2025

Pea leaf weevil spread prompts wider watch in MB

Pea leaf weevils are creeping farther east in Manitoba. Provincial entomologist John Gavloski said the pulse pest has been confirmed as far east as the Stony Mountain area. Find out more on their spread from this Western P...

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May 30, 2025

Conditions right for pea leaf weevils to thrive

Pea leaf weevils were a challenging pest for pea growers near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border in 2024. Since adult weevils hide in shelterbelts and under the snow to survive the winter, it’s likely that 2025 will be anoth...

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May 30, 2025

Pulse School: Some weeds are so hard to kill, but why?

Weeds are a constant thorn in the side of pulse producers, but some are proving especially tough to take down. In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Pulse School, Mike Palmier, partner and agronomist with MNP AgIntellect, d...

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May 30, 2025

Canola School: Managing verticillium stripe before it manages you

In this episode of the RealAgriculture’s Canola School, Jeanette Gaultier discusses where verticillium is showing up and what can be done to manage it. While most visible in Manitoba, the disease has now been confirmed acr...

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