Crucifer flea beetles on the leaves of a canola plant.

Flea beetle control goes outside the box at Ag in Motion

Ag in Motion 2025 is live; farmers can check out experimental trials like this one, playing with trap crops and natural repellents for flea beetles in canola

The stops at the 2025 Ag in Motion farm show feature an entomologist experimenting with trap crops and marigolds as concepts to control flea beetles.






Scouting for sclerotinia at swathing lets producers know how much disease pressure is lurking so they can plan accordingly. PHOTO: CLINTON JURKE/CANOLA COUNCIL OF CANADA

Manitoba sclerotinia picture mixed for 2025

Variations in weather and crop development in this year’s Manitoba canola fields make blanket sclerotinia outlooks hard to pin down

Variations in weather and crop development in this year’s Manitoba canola fields make blanket sclerotinia outlooks hard to pin down



Soybeans mature near Brandon in fall 2024. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Critical growing season is ahead for soybeans

What the weather turns out to be in the United States is going to have a significant impact on Canadian producers’ prices

What the weather turns out to be in the United States is going to have a significant impact on Canadian producers’ prices

Canola in flower in a field near Stockholm, Sask. in late July, 2024. | Greg Berg photo

Manitoba canola industry has new frontiers

Canola meal is increasingly the subject of research looking for markets and uses for the oilseed’s byproduct

Canola oil is still the main priority for the sector, but canola meal is increasingly the subject of research looking for new markets and uses for the oilseed’s byproduct.


Canola flowers weave into a DNA helix image made up of corn cobs.
PHOTOS: WILDPIXEL, BOZENA_FULAWKA, OOYOO/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES

Gene editing up a better canola crop: FEATURE

Canola gene editing project taps maize genetics for a more robust, higher yielding plant

Gene editing techniques and maize genetic material may be the seed for more robust and stress tolerant canola plants. Canadian research is trying to make it happen.