In Western Canada, spray 2019 is full speed ahead, and fungicide timing is at the forefront of many producers’ minds.For a crop like wheat, it’s essential to stay ahead of leaf diseases to get the maximum yield output from your crop. Each leaf on a wheat plant provides a different contribution to yield, so there… Read More
Category: Crop Schools
Did you know tillage erosion is the most significant erosive effect that’s seen on the Canadian prairies?Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says that often the focus is around wind and water erosion when really, it should be tillage erosion. However, it’s not just how much you are tilling your land — but… Read More
Many producers across the Prairies are spraying — whether they are starting, finishing, or somewhere in the middle.With unpredictable weather, many are asking the question: We want to spray, but the canopy is wet. Should we go?According to Tom Wolf, of AgriMetrix Research and Training, the answer isn’t as simple as one may think.“The concern… Read More
The pea leaf weevil might be a difficult tongue twister of an insect name to be said 10 times fast, but this pest can be even more difficult to control in your peas and faba beans. Across the Prairies, their tell-tale notching is rearing its appearance.In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Pulse School, prairie field editor,… Read More
An unusually cool and dry spring across Manitoba has caused some difficulties when it comes to weed pressure in canola.Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, tells Kara Oosterhuis in this Canola School episode that the annual weed pressure especially has been low. However, a change in moisture and temperature means they… Read More
Challenging Ontario planting conditions may follow the corn crop through the entire season and cause 2019 harvest disease headaches for growers.That’s the message Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’s plant pathologist Albert Tenuta shared with growers attending a Huron Tractor combine clinic last week at company headquarters at Exeter, Ont. With corn planting… Read More
As most, if not all, producers are currently spraying for weed control, it’s important to keep in mind herbicide efficacy, according to Bethany Wyatt, senior technical service specialists for BASF in Saskatchewan. Wyatt says almost every year some farmers will get impatient, and “jump the gun” when it comes to re-spraying.In this episode of the… Read More
The threat of soybean cyst nematode lurks in soil carried by any equipment, tire, or boot that crosses from the U.S. into Manitoba. Ontario, too, struggles with the pest, and it seems it’s less of a matter of if and instead when the nematode ends up in Western Canada.As Dennis Lange, industry development specialist with… Read More
As seeding, for the most part, has come and gone — it’s now time to scout!In this episode of the RealAgriculture Canola School, field editor Jessika Guse speaks with Dr. Meghan Vankosky, research scientist in field crop entomology with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, all about what to look for when you sweep.Her first recommendation is… Read More
When it comes to grasshoppers on the Prairies, the primary thought that comes to mind might be protecting cereals crops. But this hopping, destructive insect can cause issues in your soybean crop as well — and now is the time to begin looking for them.In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Soybean School, John Gavloski, entomologist with… Read More