Farmers are fighting their annual battle against flea beetles in their canola crop in 2025.

Crucifer main flea beetle species eating Manitoba canola

Striped flea beetles have also made inroads in Manitoba canola fields, but crucifer flea beetles have been the bigger insect pest causing farmers crop damage in 2025

Striped flea beetles have also made inroads in Manitoba canola fields, but crucifer flea beetles have been the bigger insect pest causing farmers crop damage in 2025.



An adult migratory grasshopper, one of the pest species of grasshopper on the Canadian Prairies.

Manitoba 2025 grasshopper season gets early start

Proper identification, aiding natural predators, weather, spraying can all play into grasshopper control on the Canadian Prairies

Farmers who spray their crops for grasshopper pests this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge.



Smoke in the air impacts Manitoba spray season

Smoke in the air impacts Manitoba spray season

Wildfire smoke across Western Canada could complicate weed control, impacting how well plants take up herbicides and increasing the risk of spray drift

Wildfire smoke across Western Canada could complicate weed control, impacting how well plants take up herbicides and increasing the risk of spray drift.

Breaks of two to three years between canola crops is considered sufficient to reduce crop disease severity.

Good agronomy urged under uncertain canola market

With tariffs and trade wars looming, Canadian canola growers are urged to eke out every bit of efficiency in their 2025 canola production

With tariffs and trade wars looming, Canadian canola growers are urged to eke out every bit of efficiency in their 2025 canola production.