Variable rains and cool weather in the spring have created lots of opportunity for these diseases to thrive. Field crop pathologist David Kaminski outlines a few to be aware of.
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Cereal leaf diseases make mark in Manitoba
Tan spot, stripe rust among cereal leaf diseases Manitoba producers are fighting
Cereals Canada moves forward with GATE building plans
Plans for a new downtown Winnipeg hub are proceeding; now they need the money
The new centre in downtown Winnipeg would host Cereals Canada, other grain industry groups, and be a new home for processing and milling equipment.
Vietnam to call off thistle seed ban in grain imports
Move will restore regular grain trade, Cereals Canada says
Vietnam is expected to resume nearer-to-normal grain trade with exporting nations such as Canada, after it loosens a significant restriction on weed seed content. Cereals Canada, a national cereals industry group, on Friday reported that Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has released a revised quarantine pest list due to take effect Sept. 29. The new list, Cereals
Spring planting expected complete by week’s end
Manitoba Crop Report, Issue 3 (Week 22)
Precipitation was variable across agro–Manitoba from May 22 to 28 with values ranging from 0 to 41.7 mm. The Northwest and Southwest regions received the highest amounts of precipitation over the past seven days. Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to May 28 range from 31.6 to 58.3 mm and are based
Seeding progress behind five-year average, soybean, canola seen lagging
Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 1 (week 20)
Weekly Provincial Summary Precipitation was variable across agro–Manitoba from May 8 to 14 with values ranging from 0 to 48.9 mm. Mid-week rains brought the highest observed precipitation to the Northwest and Southwest regions. Climate normals for total accumulated precipitation from May 1 to May 14 range from 13.1 to 29.2 mm and are based
Weird pest phenomena a boon for farmers
They might sound creepy, but aphid ‘mummies’ and ‘summit disease’ are signs friendly fungi, insects are at hand
For once, it’s not a bad thing if the mummy returns – unless you’re an aphid. In 2022, pea aphids plagued many Manitoba farmers, said John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture. Aphids on soybeans also hit economic levels, particularly in the central, east and Interlake regions. “Some people were caught in a dilemma,” Gavloski told
Saskatchewan’s harvest 90 per cent complete
MarketsFarm — Excellent weather over the week ended Monday saw Saskatchewan farmers make good harvest progress, with 90 per cent of the province’s crops off the field, according to the latest provincial report. Harvest progress was up from 81 per cent the previous week — and from the five-year average of 82 per cent. While
Saskatchewan crops advancing quickly
MarketsFarm — Hot and humid conditions saw crops in Saskatchewan advance quickly during the week ended Monday, according to the latest provincial crop report — although the humidity has slowed haying. When humidity is high, cutting hay becomes more challenging and hay that is cut does not dry down as quickly, which can result in
Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan
MarketsFarm — Overall spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 33 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the latest weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Despite the good progress over the week, that’s still 20 points behind the five-year average. When compared to the excellent progress this time last year, the gap expands to 41
Analysis: Seed Summit long on rhetoric, short on specifics
Seed firms may not like the rules, but they don’t seem to have much sense of what they’d like to see replace them
Three meetings, over three weeks, and a total of nine hours later, Brett Halstead says he still doesn’t know what regulatory changes the seed industry wants. “I still haven’t really heard what the problems are,” the Saskatchewan farmer and chair of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission said during the final online Seed Summit meeting Feb.
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