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Barley is often less susceptible to fusarium infections, but near-perfect conditions for a month this summer set the stage for trouble.
Crops, Local news

Fusarium damage present in some early-harvested western spring cereals

It’s too early for the Canadian Grain Commission to have a complete picture 
but downgrading is occurring

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Fusarium head blight has damaged some of Western Canada’s early-harvested spring and durum wheat, but it’s too soon to know the full extent. Daryl Beswitherick, the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) program manager for quality assurance standards and reinspection, said they’ve been seeing signs in the early results from their harvest sampling program. “It is definitely
AAC Penhold, SeCan’s new Canada Prairie Spring, pushed insured CPS acres in Manitoba up 1,400 per cent this year, data from the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation shows.
Cereals, Crops, Local news

Manitoba’s insured acres of CPS wheat grow exponentially

SeCan’s new AAC Penhold accounted for 99 per cent of the increase

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Canada Prairie Spring (CPS) wheat has not been popular in Manitoba because of disease issues, but this year insured acres jumped a staggering 1,419 per cent. That translates into an extra 55,547 acres — small compared to insured winter wheat (134,307) and feed wheat (374,131) acres, but it’s a huge jump when compared to last
“Typically the (FHB) symptoms start to appear anywhere from 14 to 21 days after infection.” Pam de Rocquigny, Manitoba Agriculture.
Cereals, Crops

Low levels of fusarium head blight are being observed in some crops

Manitoba Agriculture cereals specialist Pam de Rocquigny has some management tips

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Fusarium head blight (FHB) symptoms were appearing in unprotected winter wheat and spring cereal variety trials last week, but at low levels. “Typically the symptoms start to appear anywhere from 14 to 21 days after infection,” Manitoba Agriculture cereals specialist Pam de Rocquigny said during the Westman CropTalk webinar July 27. “For the most part
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research shows early fungicide applications aimed at protecting wheat from leaf spot diseases doesn’t provide any benefit when infection is light and can do more harm than good.
Cereals, Crops

Early, frequent fungicide applications can be a waste

AAFC cereal pathologist Myriam Fernandez says it can also encourage 
more kernel diseases such as black point

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Farmers can be a little too ready to pull out the sprayer and apply fungicides and may be doing more harm than good. When there’s little or no leaf disease present in a field, those early applications are an expense for no benefit and could do more harm by encouraging other diseases such as black
Manitoba’s winter wheat crop is at or near the window for fungicide applications.
Cereals, Crops

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

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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,
While forest tent caterpillars are high in number this year, they are not a direct a threat to most crops.
Crops, Local news

Cutworms growing larger, stripe rust detected

Manitoba Insect & Disease summary for June 8

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Insects Cutworms are getting larger and have been an issue in some fields. The highest level of damage appears to be in the Northwest, where there has been some reseeding because of cutworm feeding. Flea beetle feeding continues, although foliar use of insecticides for flea beetle management has not been widespread. In many fields plants are now getting to stages more tolerant to feeding by flea beetles. Plant Pathogens Stripe rust has been detected
fusarium in wheat
Cereals, Crops

Fusarium head blight no longer just a Manitoba problem

Producers across the Prairies need to manage to minimize their risk of fusarium

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When it comes to fusarium head blight, cereal growers tend to suffer from NIMBY syndrome — ‘not in my backyard.’ “Over the years, we’ve heard many comments that ‘it’s a Manitoba problem — it’ll never be a problem here in Alberta,’” federal research scientist Kelly Turkington said at the recent Agronomy Update conference. “But in
Dale Alderson (l) and Don Campbell of Intel Seed beside the company’s seven-chute AMVT optical sorter.
Crops, News

Optical sorters can add value to grain by taking bad stuff out

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Optical sorters, used to remove unwanted material in grain, are constantly improving and becoming more affordable, says Dale Alderson of Intel Seed. Nowadays a sorter can remove nearly 100 per cent of the ergot in a cereal crop, take wild oats out of tame ones and dramatically reduce the percentage of fusarium-damaged kernels in wheat.
crop sprayer
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 8

Conditions as of June 21

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Weekly Provincial Summary The good growing conditions are benefiting crops across Manitoba. Areas in the Northwest Region would benefit from additional precipitation as symptoms of moisture stress are evident in some fields. Herbicide applications continue. Fungicide applications are also on-going, largely in winter wheat and spring wheat crops, for management of leaf diseases and fusarium
Pupae and larva of redbacked cutworm
Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop insect and disease update – June 9, 2015

Flea beetles in canola and cutworms are the insects of most concern

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Summary Flea beetles in canola and cutworms continue to be the insects of greatest concern. Insecticide applications and some reseeding have occurred because of feeding by these insects. Monitor emerging crops for seedling disease. So far populations of disease vectors have been low. Aphid vectors of barley yellow dwarf have not been seen or reported, and only small populations of

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