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Cereals, Crops, Forages

Seeding nearly complete; flea beetle pressure heavy

MAFRI crop report for June 17, 2013

Weekly provincial summary  Seeding is wrapping up for the 2013 season. The only remaining acres left to be seeded include greenfeed, millet crops and some isolated acres of barley and oats.  Reseeding of spring-seeded crops occurred due to factors such as soil crusting, insect activity and disease.  Weed control operations progressed rapidly but were hampered
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Hi Reena, Year after year, mildew develops along the caulking/sealant around my windows. In past years, my husband has regularly used bleach and much elbow grease to clean it. We don’t mind the normal amount of work a house takes but this is ridiculous, not to mention probably harmful to our health — both the
Crops, Forages

Watch For Cutworms, Wireworms

Cutworms generally don’t like wet soils, but entomologist John Gavloski says farmers should be on the lookout early in the crop-growing season anyway. Scouting can start before seeding. Farmers should look for feeding notches on weed and volunteer seedlings, Gavloski, who is based in Carman with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, told webinar participants
Crops, Oilseeds

Early-Season Scouting Pays Off

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Early scouting can help ensure canola crops make it through the first few weeks in good shape. “With the wet conditions, many growers across the Prairies are struggling to get all their canola acres seeded. In the rush to finish seeding, they must remember to scout those fields that have already emerged,” says Troy Prosofsky,
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In Brief… – for Dec. 10, 2009

Tracking alien species: A new website established by the Invasive Species Council of Manitoba will help document the spread of invasive species such as purple loosestrife, Dutch elm disease and leafy spurge in the province. The website, which is an expansion of a website previously devoted to aquatic invasive species, offers resources, an option for
Crops, Oilseeds

Fungicide Approved Against Pasmo In Flax

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Flax growers can now use BASF Canada’s Headline to help protect crops against Pasmo. The company announced June 23 it’s picked up an amended registration for the strobilurin fungicide’s use in flax crops. As a preventive against Pasmo (Septoria linicola), Headline is recommended at 120 millilitres per acre (0.3 litres per hectare) at eight to

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