May 23, 2025

A combination of planting timing & herbicide choice could help fight waterhemp in soybeans

When it comes to weed control, should growers plant soybeans later in fields where high levels of waterhemp are anticipated? Read advice on the topic from this Field Crop News article.

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May 23, 2025

Stripe & leaf rust identified in ON winter wheat fields

As of May 12, 2025 stripe and leaf rust has been identified in a small number of fields in Perth and Grey counties. Growers across southern Ontario should scout their winter wheat fields closely, particularly where suscept...

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May 09, 2025

Help your canola win the race with flea beetles

Flea beetles have become a perennial bane for Prairie canola growers. Recent years have seen several seasons where seed treatments were not enough to protect from crop damage past economic thresholds. Read more on protecti...

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May 09, 2025

Black cutworm & true armyworm flights increasing

Black cutworm and true armyworm moths have been making their way into Ontario over the last few weeks. Black cutworm in particular have been arriving since mid April in southwestern Ontario, with trap counts increasing wee...

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April 01, 2025

Snow mould in ON winter cereal fields

Winter triticale, barley, rye and wheat fields in many areas of the province are experiencing snow mould. Those regions that had significant snow coverage in particular, including but not limited to Bruce, Grey, Huron, Per...

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March 12, 2025

Canola School: Keeping an eye on new clubroot pathotypes, as confirmed count reaches 55

Clubroot disease is not only spreading, but also adapting in real-time, as the number of confirmed versions of the soilborne disease that reduces canola yields in Western Canada has climbed to 55 as of this winter. Find ou...

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February 23, 2025

Grasshopper threat remains for SK crops

Grasshoppers didn’t pose a serious threat to crops in most parts of Saskatchewan in 2024 — but a leading entomologist warned growers attending the recent Saskatchewan Agronomy Update conference not to be lulled into a fals...

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February 23, 2025

MB’s biggest crop pests of 2024

Manitoba had a number of pests last year that topped John Gavloski’s short list of crop insect problems. Of those, flea beetles were once again top concern for canola, the provincial entomologist said during Manitoba Ag Da...

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February 12, 2025

Aphids require a watchful eye

Aphids may be nearly invisible to the untrained eye, but a research scientist who specializes in crop-destroying insects warns Saskatchewan farmers not to turn their backs on the tiny, pear-shaped pests. Read more on the w...

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February 06, 2025

Canola & pulse diseases saw the usual culprits in 2024

This year’s growing conditions threw many challenges at producers, one of the biggest being crop disease. Pulses and canola were hit hard, seeing high numbers of fields with disease across Saskatchewan. Root rot and black...

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January 24, 2025

Tar spot continues on the move in ON corn

Tar spot jumped to the eastern side of Ontario in 2024, and the corn growing areas that don’t have it, likely do now — it just hasn’t been detected. Such is the state of the latest fungal disease that has come to dominate ...

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January 24, 2025

Vigilance urged as clubroot soars

With patchy wet conditions throughout the province, clubroot came out in force in Alberta in 2024. Its favourite targets were in a pocket of municipalities around Edmonton. Clubroot is highly dependent on environmental con...

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December 27, 2024

Researcher experiments with burying kochia

Every weed has a weakness. For kochia, the pesky tumbleweed that’s become difficult to control in parts of Western Canada, that weakness is burial. Research has shown the seeds of kochia are less likely to germinate when t...

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