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VIDEO: Know your grasshopper stages before deciding to spray

If you hit your fields early, you could end up spraying twice

By Greg Berg July 15, 2019

You’ve got grasshoppers in your fields, but before you fill up your sprayer to help limit the damage – and their appetites – do you know what growth stage you’re looking at? In this video, John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, offers his experience on staging grasshoppers and why their third to fourth juvenile stage

Flea beetle. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Flea beetles top Manitoba’s 2019 watch list

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 19, 2019

Cold temperatures hitting Manitoba won’t do much to hurt flea beetles overwintering, leaving the pest as a major concern for canola farmers heading into spring. Flea beetle numbers were quite high in Manitoba in 2018, making them “probably at the top of the list of (insects) to watch out for this year,” said John Gavloski,

Crops

Flea beetles take advantage of late seeding

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 1, 2018

CNS Canada — A heat wave in late May and a slow start to the planting season have created some ideal conditions for flea beetles. Pest specialists in Saskatchewan and Manitoba say farmers have already begun to spray for the beetle in certain locations. “They’ve been getting good conditions to feed under, they like it

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Ergot tolerances set for chickpeas, fababeans

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 17, 2016

Chickpeas and fababean crops graded in Canada will have a new maximum tolerance for ergot next year, even though the cereal disease doesn’t occur in either crop. The Canadian Grain Commission on Wednesday announced an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent for all grades of fababeans and chickpeas in Western Canada effective Aug. 1, 2017,

Larvae on sclerotinia infected plant tissue.

Crops, Local news

Crop insect concerns low, some soybean crops report brown spot

Manitoba Insect and Disease summary for August 17

By Manitoba Agriculture August 18, 2016

Summary Insects: Insect pest concerns are currently low. Most canola crops are now past the stage where Lygus bugs would be of concern. Only trace levels of soybean aphids have been found so far. Grasshopper counts have so far generally been low. Plant pathogens: Various diseases continue to be reported in field crops.. Disease Update Corn:

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 12

Conditions as of July 18, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture July 19, 2016

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

Crops, Weather

Alberta rain good news for farmers, bad news for grasshoppers

By Erin Debooy, GFM Network News June 2, 2016

CNS Canada — After a dry spring, the rainfall across Alberta is a welcome change — unless you’re a grasshopper. “I’d hoped that over the weekend with the rain we had it would drown the little buggers out. When they’re small like that, they’re easily drowned if there’s water on the surface,” said crop specialist

Alberta’s provincial grasshopper forecast map for 2016. Maximum risk ratings for June-July range from “very light” (green) to “severe” (red). (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

‘Severe’ grasshopper numbers loom over northern Alberta

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News May 12, 2016

CNS Canada –– A mild winter and a warm, dry spring have created some favourable hatching conditions for grasshoppers in Alberta, with the possibility of a severe outbreak in some areas. According to Mark Cutts, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture in Stettler, higher numbers of grasshoppers lie in a region northwest of Edmonton. Beyond

Crops

EU food safety experts warn on crop insecticide

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 12, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– Dimethoate, an insecticide widely used to protect crops such as cherries, could be harmful to humans, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises EU policymakers, said Tuesday. The report follows a request from France, which is calling for a Europe-wide ban of the substance made by companies including BASF and

Crops, Pulses

Manitoba crop insect and disease update

Conditions as of July 21, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development July 23, 2015

Levels of armyworms are starting to decline in some fields as they turn to pupae. Currently, scout for grasshoppers around field edges. In corn, now is the time to be scouting for European corn borer. Also consider scouting for aphids in cereals and pulse crops. Pulse Crops Soybean aphids: Soybean aphids have just started to show up in

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VIDEO: Know your grasshopper stages before deciding to spray

Flea beetles top Manitoba’s 2019 watch list

Flea beetles take advantage of late seeding

Ergot tolerances set for chickpeas, fababeans

Crop insect concerns low, some soybean crops report brown spot

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 12

Alberta rain good news for farmers, bad news for grasshoppers

‘Severe’ grasshopper numbers loom over northern Alberta

EU food safety experts warn on crop insecticide

Manitoba crop insect and disease update

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