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Attend against aphids

Multiplication won’t take long, so if you see just a few, keep checking

Aphids may be nearly invisible to the untrained eye, but a research scientist who specializes in crop-destroying insects warns Saskatchewan farmers not to turn their backs on the tiny, pear-shaped pests. Tyler Wist, a field crops entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, spoke about the threat aphids can pose to some crops at the […] Read more

A pea aphid infestation of a faba bean plant. These crop pests suck the juice out of a plant’s leaves, stem or roots, which, 
in turn, can result 
in significantly 
lower yields due 
to reduced seed formation and smaller seed size.

Don’t let pea aphids suck the yield out of your plants

Assess your risk, scout your crop, cultivate beneficial insects and watch crop timing

The pea aphid may not look all that terrifying, but the tiny sap-sucking pest is capable of sending shivers down the spines of even the hardiest pulse farmers in some parts of the Prairies. Pea aphids are so named because of their attraction to field pea plants but virtually any pulse crop, including lentils, faba […] Read more