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Beetles Find It Tough Going In Manitoba

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Manitoba has been using biocontrol beetles since 1988 in Spruce Woods Park, but the results haven’t been encouraging. In the 1990s, there were 3,500 beetle releases, mainly the black and brown flea beetle species, said John Johnson, president of the Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association. In 1996, 350,000 were brought in from a capture site in
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,
Crops, Oilseeds

Vigour Response Might Be Better Flea Beetle Control

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Three years of field research conducted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on canola treated with Helix XTra appeared to initially point to a vigour response to cold soil, said Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher Bob Elliott. “We see improved vigour in terms of seedling emergence and crop establishment and we also see it in terms
Crops, Oilseeds

Flea Beetles Don’t Like Hairy Legs

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In the future, farmers may be eliminating one pesticide application on their canola. Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Saskatoon Research Centre are developing “hairy” canola plants that prevent flea beetles from feeding on the leaf and stem surfaces of newly emerged canola seedlings. This physical barrier means flea beetle resistance will be built into
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
Livestock, Other livestock

Bugs Free For The Picking

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“If you’ve ever seen fleas on a dog, how they jump and go crazy – that’s how these things move” – Nancy Gray, Iaps Co-Ordinator For Eastern Saskatchewan The best things in life are free, they say. That includes leafy spurge beetles. A bug net, a paper bag, a cooler and some ice packs are
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jun. 4, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION Little to no rainfall allowed seeding to progress over the past week. Cereal seeding is 90 per cent complete, canola is 75 per cent complete, sunflowers are 80 per cent complete and flax is 70 per cent complete. Early-seeded cereal crops are in the one-to two-leaf stage and canola crops range from emergence

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