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After Tom’s in-crop herbicide application, he noticed his wheat crop was yellowing in patches and there was a reduction in plant stand. Damaged plants were stunted and their leaves were twisting and pinched off.
Cereals, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Is fertilizer burn yellowing this wheat crop?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the May 14, 2019 issue of Grainews

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I received a call from Tom mid-June last year after he noticed his wheat crop was yellowing and there was a reduction in plant stand following his in-crop herbicide application. Tom, who owns a 2,500-acre mixed farm in the Meadow Lake region, thought the stand loss could be the result of an injury from the […] Read more
This leaf yellowing was not uniformly distributed throughout the field, but a large proportion of the field had been affected.
Barley, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Is a local lack of moisture injuring this barley?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the April 9, 2019 issue of Grainews

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John contacted me in late May last year about his barley crop. The plants were coming up yellow in patches across the field. John farms about 2,800 acres near Whitewood, Sask., where he grows wheat, barley, canola and soybeans. It had been a dry spring and John thought environmental stress due to lack of moisture had caused the plant injury. […] Read more
The injured soybean plants were more prevalent on the headlands, low-lying areas and in the sprayer tracks.
Crops, Features, Soybeans

Crop advisor casebook: Soybeans wilt and die off after emergence

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 26, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Adrian called me in early July 2017 about the poor plant stand in his soybean field. The soybean plants were wilting and dying off after emergence. “I’ve got plants turning brown and dying off in my soybean field,” he said. That afternoon I set off for Adrian’s 3,500-acre grain farm located just outside of Dauphin, […] Read more
Joe had been walking his early-planted corn fields and noticed purpling of the leaves at the three-leaf stage across the entire field.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Purple corn leaves pose a puzzling problem

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 12, 2019 issue of Grainews

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In late May of last year, I received a call from Joe, who owns a 1,500-acre mixed grain and dairy farm near Stonewall, Man. He said he’d been walking his early-planted corn fields and noticed purpling of the leaves at the three-leaf stage across the entire field. I drove out to Joe’s farm and immediately […] Read more
The canola field was exhibiting uneven germination and the plants that had germinated were stunted and purpling. Eric thought these symptoms could 
be attributed to the frost that occurred a few days prior to my visit.
Canola, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: What caused this stunted and purpling canola?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 5, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Eric, who farms 10,000 acres north of Assiniboia, Sask., asked me to visit his farm around mid-May, which was a couple of weeks after he seeded his canola crop. He wanted me to assess if it was necessary for him to reseed the field. The field was exhibiting uneven germination and the plants that had […] Read more
Crop advisor casebook: What caused the colour banding in this wheat field?
Cereals, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: What caused the colour banding in this wheat field?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the February 19, 2019 issue of Grainews

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One morning last May, I received a call from Dale, a farmer in Westbourne, Man., who farms around 3,500 acres of canola, wheat and soybeans. He told me he had been out walking his fields and noticed “striped” wheat plants. He said the striping, which appeared as yellow bands on the first and second leaves, […] Read more
Austen checked the plants for root rot in all areas of the field. All plant roots were healthy, which allowed me to rule out root rot. Because the plants were asymptomatic, Austen also struck rhizoctonia off the list.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: A thin lentil crop due to seeding problems?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the February 12, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Colin farms 6,000 acres of canola, lentils, durum and canaryseed south of Regina, Sask. He called me at the beginning of June about his poor lentil stand. He said the stand looked less vigorous than it should. He thought the problem might be related to seeding. “I must’ve messed up during seeding. Maybe I put […] Read more
Plant stands on hill slopes and some hilltops were thin, while those in low-lying areas were thick and well established.
Barley, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Why is this barley crop patchy in rectangular blocks?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the February 5, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Jim, a Saskatchewan farmer, was unhappy with the establishment of his barley crop — he had expected a more uniform stand. When he contacted me the first week of June last year, Jim said plant populations in some areas of the field were thin, while others were thick and lush. The plants, which were at […] Read more
This UAV (drone) photo shows the extent of the damage due to necrosis and poor growth caused by a pest outbreak in Nick’s timothy crop.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Winter kill woes. Did this timothy crop suffer from the cold winter and cool, dry spring?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the January 21, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Following an abnormally cold winter and cool, dry spring, Nick thought his timothy crop was suffering from winter kill. Large, random areas within the field were exhibiting plant necrosis as well as poor and unusual growth and vigour. Nick — who farms about 6,000 acres of mixed cereals, pulses, oilseeds, alfalfa and timothy near Picture […] Read more
An insect was causing these pinholes in Lenny’s crop. But which one? Not all corn varieties were impacted.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Pest leaves puzzling pinholes in corn silage

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the January 8, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Lenny is a central Alberta producer who owns a farm west of Irma where he grows corn silage for his purebred Simmental cattle herd. We have been working with Lenny and his corn silage plot for three years now, and I examine the plot about once every week during the growing season to monitor its […] Read more

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