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Fusarium head blight in canary grass.
Crops, Local news

Lygus bugs, moths present in sunflowers, keep your eye on stored grain

Manitoba Insect and Disease summary for August 10

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Summary Insects: Insects of highest importance to scout for currently are Lygus bugs in canola and sunflowers, and banded sunflower moths in sunflowers. Only trace levels of soybean aphids have been found so far. There have still been no reports of high levels of larvae of bertha armyworms in Manitoba. Plant Pathogens: Various diseases continue
Crop Report, Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 15

Conditions as of August 8, 2016

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Strong weather systems passed through several areas of Manitoba throughout the week. Heavy rains and strong winds halted harvest operations and resulted in lodging of crops.However, harvest did resume where field and weather conditions allowed. Winter wheat yields are ranging from 50 to 95 bushels per acre, with good quality reported to date. Swathing or
Lygus bug on canola pod.
Crops, Local news

Time to scout for lygus bugs in canola and sunflower crops

Manitoba Insect and Disease summary for August 3

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Summary Insects: Insects of highest importance to scout for currently are Lygus bugs in canola and sunflowers, and banded sunflower moths in sunflowers. Only trace levels of soybean aphids have been found so far. Although a couple of traps monitoring adults of bertha armyworm had moderate counts in the Northwest, and a few traps had counts in the uncertain risk
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 12

Conditions as of July 18, 2016

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Generally good growing conditions continue to advance crops across Manitoba. Localized thunderstorms did result in significant precipitation amounts and crop lodging in some areas of the province. Majority of acres and crop types are in the flowering and grain fill stages of development. Disease pressure and insect activity continues to be monitored as the growing
Aphids on wheat (l) and an aphid mummy.
Crops, Local news

Alfalfa weevil levels rapidly decline, high levels of pea aphids still seen

Manitoba Insect & Disease summary for July 13

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Summary Insects: Levels of alfalfa weevil larvae are rapidly declining in some alfalfa fields as the larvae mature to pupae. Pea aphid levels are still a concern in some pea fields. Aphid levels are being monitored carefully in some cereal fields; high levels of natural enemies have also been noted in some of these fields and may be
Crops, Weather

Canola under pressure from cutworms, flea beetles

Manitoba Insect & Disease Update summary for June 1

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Insects Cutworms and flea beetles on canola continue to be the insects of greatest concern. The cool, damp weather from the last few days would have slowed cutworm feeding, and the soil moisture, where not excessive, may help the plants compensate for feeding. Cutworm levels are quite variable, hard to find in some fields, more
A study in Manitoba found one adult female of the thirteen-spotted lady beetle ate about 110 English grain aphids in 24 hours.
Crops, Oilseeds

Engaging natural enemies to fight soybean aphids

The economic threshold for spraying is 
much higher if there is a good population 
of natural enemies

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Don’t only count the bad bugs before deciding to spray — count the good ones as well, says Jordan Bannerman of the department of entomology at the University of Manitoba. Bannerman is developing a new decision-making tool that will provide growers a way to predict whether there are enough natural insect enemies present in the
Flea beetles in canola and cutworms in several crops were the main insect problems in Manitoba in 2015, but overall it wasn’t a terrible insect year for Manitoba farmers, says MAFRD entomologist John Gavloski.
Crops, Local news

Flea beetles, cutworms top list of insects bugging Manitoba farmers in 2015

Alfalfa weevils, army worms, corn borer, soybean aphids and 
lygus bugs showed up in some fields too

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Insects didn’t take a massive bite out of Manitoba crops in 2015, but there were some nibbling problems caused mainly by flea beetles and cutworms, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development entomologist John Gavloski. Alfalfa weevil populations were high enough in many alfalfa fields to cause economic damage and army worms were a concern
rye seed
Cereals, Crops

2015 MCVET winter wheat, fall rye data released

Farmers can use this data to make head-to-head comparisons of varietal performance at specific sites

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Since 2008, MCVET (Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team) has been publishing winter cereal data collected from its trials shortly after harvest to help farmers and seed growers in Manitoba make variety decisions. In 2015, data is being released for five locations — Boissevain, Carman, Melita, Roblin and Winnipeg — for winter wheat and fall rye.
Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 14
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 14

Conditions as of August 4, 2015

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Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is underway in Manitoba. Preliminary reports indicate winter wheat yields range from 60 to 85 bu/acre, with low levels of fusarium damaged kernels in harvested samples. There are also a few fields of spring wheat, barley and field peas harvested last week. Swathing or preharvest applications in the earliest-seeded spring

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