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Aphanomyces hurting pea yield for Sask. producer

After repeated aphanomyces problems, Bernie McLean  is taking a break from growing peas

By Lisa Guenther May 5, 2015

Bernie McClean usually has a positive outlook on everything. But after three years of dealing with aphanomyces, he’s taking a break from peas. “It’s just too risky. I can’t afford the risk,” says McClean over a cup of coffee at his farm, which sits between Glaslyn and Medstead in northwestern Saskatchewan. Up until two weeks […] Read more

Fusarium symptoms: The seed on the left is healthy; the seed on the right is infected with the fungal disease.

Cereals

Resisting fusarium head blight

Plant breeders are making progress in developing wheat  varieties that are resistant, but it’s a marathon, not a sprint

By Lisa Guenther March 16, 2015

There’s been a lot of effort put into breeding fusarium-resistant varieties, Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel told CropSphere delegates in Saskatoon in January. But developing cereal varieties resistant to fusarium head blight (FHB) is more like a marathon than a sprint. “There’s been a lot of breeding challenges. And I know a lot of farmers have been […] Read more

Features, Lentils, Peas

Minimizing the impact of Aphanomyces

There are no in-crop solutions to root rot in peas and lentils. But there  are ways to minimize your risk of losing yield to Aphanomyces

By Melanie Epp March 13, 2015

Given the wet springs and dry summers we’ve seen in recent years, Aphanomyces euteiches — Aphanomyces root rot — has become a real problem for pea and lentil growers. First confirmed in Saskatchewan in 2012 and then in Alberta in 2013, the disease has been slowly creeping across the country, destroying crops in its wake. Making […] Read more

Cereals, Wheat & Chaff

Making sense of seed tests

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Justin Bouvier, Syngenta March 9, 2015

When you’re looking to get your crop off to the best possible start this season, the last thing you need is to be saddled with poor quality seed. That’s why I always recommend you take the time now to get your seed tested at an accredited laboratory. Knowledge is power and having a clear idea […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

New fusarium control on the horizon

Farmers who spray fungicides for fusarium may soon have a new biocontrol to consider

By Julienne Isaacs December 8, 2014

Fusarium head blight is a perennial problem for cereal growers across the Prairies. A fungal disease that can impact many small grain cereals including wheat, rye, barley and oats, fusarium is caused by infection by species of the fungal pathogen Fusarium, and can result in yield losses and reductions in grade and end-use quality. It […] Read more

man wearing red shirt standing in farmer's field

Canola, Crops, Pulses, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Crop yield and quality all over the map

Wrecks in some places, but surprisingly good in others, say farmers talking about the 2014 harvest

By Lee Hart December 5, 2014

So how was the harvest of 2014? Depending where you on the Prairies it may have set a record for being one of the worst, or slowest in farming memory, while on the other hand, for some it was surprisingly one of the earliest. And quality wise, that ranges across the board too, according to […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

High fusarium levels in southeast Sask.

If your elevator agents tells you you’re seed has low fusarium level, take it to the lab anyway

By Leeann Minogue December 4, 2014

Bonnie Ernst, owner and operator of Prairie Diagnostic Seed Lab at Weyburn, Sask., says she’s been seeing much higher levels of fusarium than usual this year. In wheat, “this year the total is averaging around 14 per cent. The per cent graminearum in that is averaging around 10 per cent.” This preliminary southeast Saskatchewan snapshot […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Features

Corn could be your 2015 cash crop

If you thought you lived on the fringe of the corn-growing area,  it may be time to take a look at today’s varieties

By Michael Flood November 19, 2014

Farmers in Alberta are planting more and more corn. From 5,000 acres in 1990 the area under cultivation has expanded to over 40,000 in 2014. Alberta agriculture professionals expect this trend to continue, driven by increased demand from domestic livestock producers. Though corn requires high inputs, it can produce very high per acre yields, and […] Read more

Columns, Crops

2014 was a bad year for fusarium

Farmers need better data to make good decisions around spraying for fusarium

By Les Henry October 21, 2014

Nothing sharpens focus on a production problem like a little skin in the game. My crop rotation on my tiny Blackstrap farm has been wheat, peas, wheat, canola since 1998. It is too much wheat, and for a very scary reason: fusarium head blight (FHB). FHB was a Manitoba problem, so no big worry for […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Precision matters with fusarium

By Aaron Bouchard July 16, 2014

Even the best wheat fungicides only offer suppression of fusarium head blight (FHB), so it’s crucial to follow label instructions closely to protect as much of your hard-won yield and quality as possible. The application window for most FHB fungicides is as short as two to three days, so timing is tight. This coincides with […] Read more

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