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The 2018 growing season was bad for gibberella ear rot in many corn fields and it remains a challenge.
Crops

Disease outlook for the 2020 crop season

We can’t be sure which diseases will attack this year, but indications are that once they arrive, they’ll be here to stay

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Reading Time: 7 minutes What will be the big disease concern this year? Will it be tar spot in corn, or frog-eye leaf spot in soybeans? Or will growers be facing more of the same, with soybean cyst nematode and northern corn leaf blight? Forecasting diseases is iffy at best. The truth is that most disease pathogens, once they […] Read more
Clubroot in canola.
Canola, Crops

Clubroot calls for diligence, not alarm

The surprise discovery of clubroot in Ontario will force canola growers to adapt to the disease now in order to avoid future complications

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Reading Time: 6 minutes In the mid-2000s, Albert Tenuta raised a few eyebrows when he referred to the discovery of soybean cyst nematode east of Toronto as good news. The field crops pathologist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) meant that once the pest was identified, it could be monitored, and growers could better […] Read more
Growers are urged to be more diligent in digging up soybean plants to visually determine the presence of SCN.
Crops, Soybeans

Soybean cyst nematode frustration

Nematodes continue to rob farmers and frustrate agronomists, but a new biological seed treatment may soon help

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Reading Time: 7 minutes It almost plays like a riddle. First are these clues: first confirmed here in 1988; called a disease by some and a pest by others; often ignored until it’s too late; and, impossible to eradicate. Of course, there’s another clue which should be a dead giveaway. It steals more bushels than any other soybean threat […] Read more
According to research, northern leaf blight can result in yield losses of 20 to 30 bu./ac.
Corn, Crops

The crop disease to watch for

Heading into 2016, all eyes are on northern leaf blight

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Reading Time: 4 minutes With spring in the air, now is the time for a quick reminder of some of the diseases that are likely to challenge corn growers in 2016. Northern leaf blight is turning into one of those diseases that growers are simply going to have to deal with on an annual basis. You’re already doing this […] Read more

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