Manitoba’s winter wheat crop is at or near the window for fungicide applications.

Winter wheat close to fusarium spray window

In addition to crop staging farmers should assess how much risk 
their crop faces before applying a fungicide

Winter wheat is starting to flower throughout Manitoba and that means the spray window for preventing fusarium head blight is also upon us. The quality- and yield-robbing fungal disease can be prevented with fungicide applications on both winter and spring wheat — but only if the timing is just right, according to Pam de Rocquigny,

winter wheat

Weirdly warm weather hasn’t hurt winter wheat

The crop is dormant and winter hardy, says MAFRD’s Pam de Rocquigny

Manitoba’s winter wheat crop is just fine despite an unusually warm fall and a lack of snow in many parts of agro-Manitoba, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny. “It’s obviously warm, but it’s not warm enough to break dormancy so now the (winter wheat) plant is at its most


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VIDEO: Crop recovery from lodging after severe weather

Crop Diagnostic School: Heavy weather can knock your crop flat. Question is, can it find a way to stand up again?

Southern Manitoba has had its fair share of severe weather in the past few weeks. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have laid down large patches of some crops that had advanced very well in their growth up to that point. Pam de Rocquigny, provincial cereal crops specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, talks about what producers

winter wheat roots

Hurry up and wait on your winter wheat crop

Get the nitrogen on now, but give the crop some time before deciding whether to keep or terminate it

Here’s some timely advice for winter wheat growers: hurry up and wait. First hurry up and apply the nitrogen the crop needs. Then wait before deciding to leave or rip the crop up because of winterkill. “As the weather gets warmer, winter wheat needs time to properly recover,” Paul Thoroughgood, regional agrologist for the Western


tractor seeding in a field

How does this year’s seeding progress compare to normal?

Last week, MAFRD cereal crop specialist Pam de Rocquigny posted a table on Crop Chatter showing average seeding progress from 2009-2013, based on crop insurance data. The publication is now discontinued, but until 2009 the provincial agriculture department published an annual statistical review which contained a table showing various weather-related dates (see below). It shows