Canola School: Getting a handle on verticillium

Pest alerts
January 28, 2024

Source: RealAgriculture.com

In 2023, verticillium was confirmed in new geographies in Saskatchewan, explains Courtney Ross, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada in this Canola School episode recorded following her presentation at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon. Find out more on its presence from this RealAgriculture report at the link below.

Edible Bean School: Fungicide strategies for white mould control

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The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region, and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a high-disease risk growing environment. On this episode o...

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Wheat School: Target the head with fungicide for FHB suppression

July 23, 2024

For this episode of the Wheat School, Amber Bell is in the field with Dr. Kelly Turkington, plant pathologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to talk about fungicide management of fusarium head blight.

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Cabbage seedpod weevil pushes west

July 18, 2024

The cool, damp spring the Prairies are experiencing could lead to a bad year for cabbage seedpod weevils, which is bad news for canola growers. Find out more on its push west from this Western Producer article.

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Corn pests to watch for over the next month

July 18, 2024

Tracey Baute, an entomologist with OMAFRA highlights the corn pests that you should keep an eye out for over the next month in this Field Crop News article. Highlighted are corn rootworm, western bean cutworm, and European...

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Wheat School: Fusarium head blight 101 — field history & weather combine to create risk

July 10, 2024

Fusarium head blight grows on old, infected crop residues, which is the primary source of this disease. Weather conditions have also been ideal for disease development. While these are the ideal conditions for the pathogen...

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