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Flea beetle feeding (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Guenther: Scout now for flea beetles

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News June 22, 2014

Flea beetles are on the march and Prairie farmers need to scout canola fields to keep them at bay. “I’ve seen some fields where flea beetles’ levels are high enough where it has warranted spraying. Again, like every year, it is spotty,” Lyndon Hicks said during an interview here during Canada’s Farm Progress Show. Hicks […] Read more

Canola, Features

How to find lygus bugs

Lygus bugs can cause extensive crop damage. Scout for them in your canola crops

By Melanie Epp June 20, 2014

In recent years, high populations of lygus bugs have been reported in a large portion of Alberta, as well as in some fields in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. While lygus bugs are always present in canola fields, outbreaks of high populations can cause extensive crop damage. For the most part, canola can compensate for much of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Values head higher as inverse widens

By GFM Network News June 18, 2014

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures turned higher during the week ended Wednesday, with the biggest increases happening in the nearby months while prices stayed rangebound for the more deferred contracts. “The inverse has really widened out, compared to where it was,” said analyst Jonathon Driedger of Farm Link Marketing Solutions, noting the […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Canola pest expert Lloyd Dosdall, 61

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 18, 2014

Memorial services are to be held Thursday at Sherwood Park, Alta. for University of Alberta entomologist and researcher Lloyd Dosdall, hailed especially in the Prairie canola industry for his work against the crop’s insect pests. Dosdall, who’d been undergoing treatments for cancer over the past two years, died last Thursday at age 61. Born and […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Machinery

New clubroot pathotype confirmed, can stump resistant canolas

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 18, 2014

A second round of tests on a clubroot pathotype found in the Edmonton area confirms it’s a new type that can beat canola varieties bred for clubroot resistance. “This is a different pathotype that none of the commercially available clubroot-resistant varieties in Western Canada are effective at managing,” plant pathologist Stephen Strelkov of the University […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola down, but watching weather

By GFM Network News June 12, 2014

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, with the biggest losses in the new-crop months as the July/November spread moved back to an inverse. “That spread is not going to be at carrying charges again until the producer sells it, and if he doesn’t sell in June… […] Read more

Sclerotinia apothecia are very small, about half a centimetre, requiring growers to look closely while scouting. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Factors line up for sclerotinia in 2014

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News June 6, 2014

To spray or not to spray? It’s a tougher question when it comes to sclerotinia in canola than for most other crop diseases. Last year, the high levels of sclerotinia many forecasters called for didn’t materialize. This year’s disease levels, and farmers’ decisions about going to the expense of spraying to control it, will mainly […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Late spring makes Man. canola more vulnerable to flea beetles

By GFM Network News June 6, 2014

CNS Canada — Canola crops are more vulnerable to flea beetle damage in Manitoba this spring as cool, wet conditions have caused seed treatments to wear off. “Most of the canola has seed treatments that contain insecticide which protects the canola from the flea beetles. What is happening is the fields that were planted around […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Wide range seen on Prairie canola cash market

By GFM Network News June 4, 2014

CNS Canada –– Prairie farmers are seeing better prices than earlier this winter for their canola in the cash market, but values vary widely as some regions are seeing better basis levels for old crop than others. “We’e seen areas and pockets where basis levels have improved where on-farm supplies are a little tighter,” said […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Bounce unlikely for oversold canola

By GFM Network News June 4, 2014

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures moved slightly lower during the week ended Wednesday, as a large sell-off in wheat and favourable weather conditions pressured canola values. While canola is looking oversold on the charts, any corrective bounce may be short-lived, according to an analyst. “Canola is technically oversold but we don’t have […] Read more

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

GFM Network News

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

Canola

Guenther: Scout now for flea beetles

How to find lygus bugs

ICE weekly outlook: Values head higher as inverse widens

Canola pest expert Lloyd Dosdall, 61

New clubroot pathotype confirmed, can stump resistant canolas

ICE weekly outlook: Canola down, but watching weather

Factors line up for sclerotinia in 2014

Late spring makes Man. canola more vulnerable to flea beetles

Wide range seen on Prairie canola cash market

ICE weekly outlook: Bounce unlikely for oversold canola

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