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Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions causing production concerns across large areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan are certainly bad for the crops, but the weather could prove ideal for grasshoppers. Grasshopper forecast maps put out over the winter were not initially all that bad for Alberta and Saskatchewan, given the conditions in 2014, but weather in […] Read more

Crops

When it comes to crop insects, what’s the latest buzz on the Prairies?

The right treatment and spray strategies will give you the best line of defence

By Shannon Mcarton May 20, 2015

Every new production season arrives with its own set of profit-munching insect challenges. Grasshoppers, wheat midge and sawfly can wreak havoc in cereal crops while flea beetles and bertha armyworm take their toll on the canola. The list keeps growing, and the ability of these pests to adapt to changing conditions is nothing short of […] Read more

Cabbage seedpod weevil larva. (CanolaCouncil.org)

Crops, Weather

Cabbage seedpod weevil could cause problems for Prairie canola

By GFM Network News March 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canola growes in Western Canada will have to keep an eye out for cabbage seedpod weevils in fields this year, according to government officials. “For cabbage seedpod weevil, the survey from last year was showing that it’s extended well eastwards (in Saskatchewan) with some pretty good numbers now moving more into traditional […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Wheat midge populations to collapse in parts of Alta.

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News January 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Recent large wheat midge populations in the eastern Peace region of Alberta are expected to collapse in 2015, according to a forecast report from the Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network. But there is still a risk of higher populations in the region due to the very large levels of the insect population […] Read more

man standing in a wheat field while talking on a microphone

Crops, Features

A short history of durum wheat breeding

As private companies step up cereal breeding investments,  Andrea Hilderman reviews our public breeding triumphs

By Andrea Hilderman November 26, 2014

Dr. Ron DePauw has been actively involved in the breeding program at the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (SPARC) in Swift Current, Saskatchewan for many decades. Over the years DePauw has led diverse teams that have made extraordinary leaps forward in the agronomic and end-use qualities of durum for Western Canada. Durum team leaders have […] 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

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Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

When it comes to crop insects, what’s the latest buzz on the Prairies?

Cabbage seedpod weevil could cause problems for Prairie canola

Wheat midge populations to collapse in parts of Alta.

A short history of durum wheat breeding

Bugs helping to control bugs in Alberta

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