
Tag Archives Agricultural pest insects

Getting the jump on swede midge
The canola pest hasn’t become established in Western Canada, but researchers want to be prepared if it does

What’s going to ‘bug’ you in 2020?
Western bean cutworm is quickly climbing the ranks as our biggest threat

A new insecticide for soybean aphids
Sefina’s control of soybean aphids differs from other products

20 years of Bt corn hybrids
Growers are armed with more powerful, more precise tools than ever in history — but the war on corn pests is far from over

The economics of Western bean cutworm
For bean growers, it turns out this is a very different — and difficult — pest

Prairie insect outlook for 2018
Provincial websites offer a wealth of identification and monitoring information which is continually updated through the season

More than cutworms “bugged” corn crops in 2017
Pests in 2017 have been a more complicated picture, based largely on a mixed bag of weather-related challenges

Give your insect friends a home
Leaving some non-crop areas with a diverse range of perennial vegetation can save you money on insecticide

Preparing for western bean cutworm in 2017
#PestPatrol with Tracey Baute, OMAFRA

The swede midge threat
Swede midge continues to confound Near North canola growers, and it could migrate farther south
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