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In-field effects: The seed planted in both wheat plots had 12 to 15 per cent fusarium infection, but the seed on the left was treated and the seed on the right was not.
Crops, News

Check the germ on that wheat seed

High fusarium infection means farmers should test and consider a seed treatment before planting

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This is a seeding season where pre-planting testing of wheat seed is an important first step, and seed treatments may be more important than ever. With unprecedented levels of fusarium head blight infection in Manitoba wheat in 2016, farmers should get their wheat seed tested for germination, consider testing for the presence of pathogens and
There’s no simple or accurate test for ergot levels in cattle pellets.
Livestock

Ergot continues to cause concerns

Feed manufacturers must sell a safe product, but are under no obligation to test for ergot alkaloids

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As more Manitoba producers link cases of ergotism to pellet feed, farmers are being urged to use caution and test for ergot alkaloids. “It’s very sad,” said Wayne Tomlinson, an extension veterinarian with the province. “You’re doing the right thing, you’re feeding your animals what you think is good-quality feed and they are not thriving,
Ergot an ongoing problem for cattle producers
Livestock, News

Ergot an ongoing problem for cattle producers

Wet weather, low-till and uncut ditches all help create an environment where ergot can thrive

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Ergot is an issue for cattle feeders this year, and even the best testing may miss it. Dr. Barry Blakely, a professor with the University of Saskatchewan’s veterinary biomedical department, says the good news is more feed companies are rigorously testing for it. The bad news is even the best testing could miss it because
Overwintering stripe rust was found April 17 in a winter wheat field near Austin by agronomist Amber Knaggs of Munro Farm Supplies. Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen says farmers with infected fields should keep scouting and consider applying a fungicide at weed spraying time if the disease is still present in fields of susceptible varieties.
Cereals, Local news

Manitoba’s first case of stripe rust near Austin overwintered

It was the only reported case as of April 19 says Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen

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The first case of stripe rust this growing season was found in a Manitoba winter wheat field near Austin April 17, but the fungal disease was detected in the same crop last fall. “It definitely overwintered,” Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist Holly Derksen said during CropTalk Westman webinar April 19. “It’s too early to have blown
Richard Cuthbert’s patience and persistence paid off culminating with the recommendation for registration of his new Canada Western Red Spring wheat that accumulates less DON (deoxynivalenol), when infected with fusarium head blight. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale gave BW980 a thumbs up at its annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2.
Cereals, Crops

New CWRS wheat coming with less DON when hit by fusarium head blight

BW980 almost didn’t make it because in one year of testing, its gluten strength was lower 
than the check variety, prompting another year of testing


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A new Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat that accumulates less deoxynivalenol (DON), the mycotoxin sometimes produced after a fusarium head blight infection, is being recommended for registration. It took an extra year of testing, but at its annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2 the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) gave
Fusarium head blight is an ongoing challenge but following best management practices can limit the damage.
Cereals, Crops

Managing fusarium can reduce risk

Nobody can change the weather, but better crop management can hamper the disease’s spread

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Fusarium head blight continues to be a major challenge for Manitoba farmers, but there’s emerging evidence that they may be able to manage around the worst of it. At the recent Manitoba Agronomists Conference in Winnipeg, Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel of the department of plant sciences at the University of Manitoba shared a number of management
Disease issues can really hurt seed germination, making testing before planting very important.
Cereals, Crops

Seed quality highly variable

A tough growing year has translated into seed that can have lower germ levels

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Seed quality in Manitoba for the upcoming growing season is a mixed bag depending on the crop, according to Holly Gelech, manager of business development for BioVision Seed Labs in Winnipeg. The average germination of wheat seed tested from the 2016 crop is 86.3 per cent, down six per cent from the five-year high of
Bill Brown, Adjuvants Plus CEO.
Cereals, News

VIDEO: Fighting fungus with fungus

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Adjuvants Plus Inc. is working to register a new bio-control for fusarium head blight. Company president and CEO Bill Brown spoke about it at the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight on Nov. 22 in Ottawa. He sat down for an interview with Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson to talk about how the product
Bill Brown, president and CEO of Adjuvants Plus Inc., explained his company’s new product called DONguard during the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight Nov. 22 in Ottawa. It’s a biocontrol for fusarium head blight. Brown said he hopes to have DONguard registered in Canada and the U.S. in 18 months.
Cereals, Crops

New product pits fungus against fungus

If DONguard gets into the plant first, it occupies the space fusarium would take and also consumes invading fusarium, according to the company that hopes to commercialize it

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A new weapon to battle fusarium head blight (FHB) fights fire with fire. The traditional tools have been agronomy, genetic resistance bred into new cultivars and fungicides — the latter sprayed on wheat and other cereal crops to protect them from the potentially devastating fungus disease that can cut yields and quality. But a fungus
More than 200 scientists from Canada and abroad attended the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight Nov. 20-22 in Ottawa. While the potentially devastating fungal disease is on the rise in Western Canada, more tolerant varieties are coming and agronomic techniques to manage the disease have improved.
Cereals, Crops, News

Fusarium conference hears of disease resurgence

Western Canada’s worst crop disease is still a serious issue, researchers say

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This was one of the worst years for fusarium head blight in western Canadian spring wheat — a sobering backdrop to the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight, held here Nov. 20-22. More than 200 scientists from Canada, the United States, Germany, England, Australia, Switzerland and beyond reviewed the latest research into fusarium head

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