[Scene opens with a zooming out shot of field. Text overlay reads “Ontario’s 2018 Season: Insects”. Electronic music plays in the background. Shot switches to Marijke Van Andel (Agronomic Sales Rep) standing in a field speaking to the camera.]
MARIJKE: Hey, my name is Marijke Van Andel and I'm an Agronomic Sales Rep with Syngenta. I’m here today just outside of Drumbo, Ontario to talk about the five things in soybeans that I think have been most interesting this year. And one is all the bugs that we've seen in soybeans. And early on I would say there was more and more acres affected by seed corn maggot. And that seed corn maggot is actually the maggot of a fly. It's a little bit smaller than a house fly and you'll see them buzzing around early in the morning and they lay their eggs in a field, especially a field that has decaying organic matter and those maggots will then feed on those seedlings. We saw quite a bit of damage this year and it's on the rise as we have more fungicide-only acres. The other insect that has been of interest is bean leaf beetle. Again controlled by the insecticide seed treatments that we've been using, controlling that overwintering population. And now we're seeing just a higher amount of that generation we see in July and August. 
[Scene switches to a closeup of Marijke holding a damaged leaf. Scene switches back to Marijke standing in the field speaking to the camera between shots of of Marijke holding a leaf with a Japanese beetle on it and Marijke holding a severely grub-damaged leaf.]
MARIJKE: And if they do enough feeding on the leaves if you reach the threshold we need to control those. And then finally on the bug side of things - well there's lots of bugs come to think of it - but Japanese beetles. Lots and lots of Japanese beetles. So Japanese beetles - the grub of that - they lay their eggs probably in this soybean field as well and that grub can then be a problem the following year. So just something to pay attention to is the Japanese beetle pressure and the larvae or those grubs in the soil. Spider mites were a problem this year and really the key thing is to control those spider mites early on and do a spray around the perimeter. That's the best way to protect your soybean crop against spider mites is to scout early as soon as you see a little bit of yellow stippling on the upper side of the soybean leaf. That's a really good indication that you have spider mites. You flip it over and you start to look a little bit more closely for those for those mites. But as soon as you see a little bit of stippling on top, that's an indication that you have the spider mites and it's time to go and spray. If you can see damage from the road as you're driving by it's getting too late and they've probably moved further into the field and do get difficult to control. So what does this all mean for the 2019 season? What should we be looking at this fall? So certainly we need to open up those seed guides and understand the genetics that were that we're looking at and what kind of resistance do we have against SDS and white mould and phytophthora root rot. So genetics is key and choosing that right variety for the right acre will really help move to that next level of growing a better soybean crop. And then the other thing is seed treatments. There's a lot more options available in the marketplace today than there used to be. Things like Apron XL and Clariva and Mertect and new this fall is Fortenza on soybeans as well. Fortenza is a non-neonic, no paperwork required, that has activity on below ground pests like seed corn maggot, like we talked about, also on European chafer and June beetle and wireworms. So it's going be an excellent see treatment available this fall and definitely something to take a look at. So hopefully those are a couple tips and things that you can think about as you prepare for the 2019 growing season. Syngenta reps are happy to help if you have any questions. We certainly do want to help you make the right decision for your farm to help you grow the best soybean crop that you can. 
[Scene switches to white with text overlay “For more information, visit Syngenta.ca, contact our Customer Interaction Centre at 1-87-SYNGENTA (1-877-964-3682), or follow @SyngetaCanada on Twitter. Electronic music plays in the background.]