Farmers trying to protect canola from cabbage seed pod weevil may cut their own yield if pollinators get caught in the crossfire.
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The trade-off of spraying for cabbage seed pod weevil
Farmers trying to protect their canola from insect pests may end up slicing their own yield if pollinators get caught in the crossfire
Trap crops to cut faba bean spraying?
Trap cropping may concentrate pest insects away from the main crop so they can be better managed, with less ecological spillover
Trap cropping may draw pest insects away from the main crop and concentrate them for precise blitz control, less insecticide needed and friendlier farming for beneficial insects.
AI app promises Prairie farmers better insect scouting
IPPM Now app uses Prairie expertise, including from Manitoba, to help farmers identify and mange for beneficial and pest insects in their fields
A new app, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven and developed on the Prairies, is expected to help farmers identify and manage pest and beneficial insects.
Manitoba 2025 grasshopper season gets early start
Proper identification, aiding natural predators, weather, spraying can all play into grasshopper control on the Canadian Prairies
Farmers who spray their crops for grasshopper pests this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge.
B.C. company pitches bee health tool
ApiSave says product will boost bee immunity to overcome health challenges
Honeybee hive loss has been a problem for Canadian beekeepers. B.C. company ApiSave thinks their bee health product could help make more robust, resilient bees.
Watch early for insect crop pests
Scouting early can help Manitoba farmers protect against crop-damaging insects this year
Scouting early can help protect Manitoba crops from pest insects like flea beetles, cutworms or grasshoppers.
Creating a pro-pollinator farm
Limiting tillage and creating habitat for beneficial insects can pad the producer’s bottom line
Limiting tillage and creating habitat for beneficial insects like pollinators can pad the producer’s bottom line
Making regenerative ag work in potato production
Colorado regen potato grower shares lessons for Manitoba
A trait of regenerative agriculture is that no two farms are the same, but there are five basics behind the philosophy: grazing animals, crop diversity, living roots in the soil, avoidance of bare ground and low soil disturbance. That last one is a challenge for potato production, since producers need to get under the soil
Army in place to fight crop insect pests
There’s a natural defence insect force guarding grain fields
It was the year of the armyworm in Manitoba when a high numbers of adults blew in this spring. But farmers have their own army, plus an air force, ready to meet the invaders and possibly keep their numbers below economic thresholds. “I don’t have enough time to talk about the enormous number of different
The under-recognized aphid eaters
The larvae of lady beetles are less commonly identified, but take just as big a bite out of crop pest populations
The insect experts say that every farmer across the Prairies should have a huge picture of coccinellidae larvae on their machine shop wall. If the scientific name doesn’t sound familiar, the common name certainly will. It’s the family of beetles that includes ladybugs and Asian lady beetles. “Everybody recognizes the adults and everyone knows they’re
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