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Manitoba Insect and Disease Update: July 25, 2014

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development July 23, 2014

Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly Insect and Disease Update is now available.Visit the MAFRD website for full text and images. Highlights: Goss’s wilt and leaf blight disease are showing up in corn. Ergot disease infection is now showing up in fall rye and grasses. Blackleg infection on lower stems/roots on canola is showing up. Downy mildew on sunflowers […] Read more

Crops, News

Bugs helping to control bugs in Alberta

By Grainews Staff July 10, 2014

In his weekly Call of the Land interview, Alberta Agriculture insect specialist Scott Meers says wheat midge are now emerging across the province. “Interestingly enough, they’re actually coming out first in the Peace and just this week they’re starting to come out across the rest of the province,” Meers said. Recent warm weather should mean a […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Strategies for reducing parasite resistance

By Roy Lewis July 8, 2014

We heard years ago about insect resistance developing with with fly tags. I believe the first ones on the market were called Bovaid. With no other competing products, after a few years researchers noticed resistance developing in pests the tags were supposed to repel. Soon other companies were making tags using different chemical families as active […] Read more

Crops, Features

Integrated pest management

Integrated techniques offer farmers a bigger toolbox for pest control

By Julienne Isaacs June 23, 2014

Integrated pest management (IPM) involves a range of pest control methods. According to Pierre Petelle, vice-president of chemistry for CropLife Canada, IPM is “a process that uses all necessary techniques to suppress pests in an effective, economical and environmentally friendly manner.” In IPM, “pests” are broadly defined as weeds, insects and diseases. IPM techniques can […] 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

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Manitoba Insect and Disease Update: July 25, 2014

Bugs helping to control bugs in Alberta

Strategies for reducing parasite resistance

Integrated pest management

How to find lygus bugs

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