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Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

By Jeff Melchior July 26, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask., on July 20, 2024. Photo: Greg Berg

Cereals, Crops

Back to normal for cereal leaf disease in Saskatchewan

By Jeff Melchior July 25, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Precipitation has more or less returned to normal in Saskatchewan, but that also means cereal growers need to be more aware of leaf and other diseases, says a plant pathologist.

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General, Markets, Reuters

Argentina corn harvest faces more deep cuts from stunt disease spread

By Maximilian Heath, Reuters April 17, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Argentina's corn harvest, already cut sharply due a stunt disease spread by leafhopper insects, was "likely" to be slashed significantly further, a Rosario grains exchange analyst said on Wednesday, a blow to the embattled South American country.

Malteurop, which operates a malt house at the east end of Winnipeg, is one of several malting companies with a presence in Manitoba. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Crops

CMBTC study finds new malting barley lines a fit for Manitoba

Agronomic traits in new varieties overcome disease issues that held crop back

By GFM Staff November 4, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba farmers have improved prospects to access the more-lucrative malting barley market, according to a recent study. The report by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC), in collaboration with the Manitoba Crop Alliance, says new Canadian malting barley varieties can be grown successfully in Manitoba. With yields and quality comparable to the check variety […] Read more

ICE November 2023 FCOJ with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Reuters

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Crop was already expected to be small

By Marcelo Teixeira August 31, 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters — Orange juice prices at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose more than three per cent on Wednesday, heading back toward an all-time high hit earlier this month, as storm Idalia slammed parts of main U.S. orange producer Florida. Contracts for frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) at ICE hit a high of […] Read more

Trial results showing Zetigo PRM with the Adavelt active applied to lentils (left) compared with an untreated check (middle) and lentils treated with another fungicide product (right).

Crops, Lentils

New tool for anthracnose control in lentils

Zetigo PRM targets disease with a novel mode of action and helps farmers manage fungicide resistance

By Mark Halsall June 29, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Anthracnose can be a serious problem in lentils in Western Canada. As Mike Brown, agronomy manager for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, points out, the disease can result in heavy yield losses due to premature leaf drop and plant death. “Anthracnose is a polycyclic disease, which means it can go through multiple life cycles […] Read more

Growers in eastern Ontario and western Quebec are all too familiar with white mould in soybeans.

Crops, Soybeans

Managing white mould in soybeans

Most of the disease is in eastern Ontario, but there are pockets everywhere

By Ralph Pearce May 17, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes If soybean diseases had a contest, it’d be easy to think of third or fourth place as something of a win, especially with soybean cyst nematode (SCN) and sudden death syndrome (SDS) holding firmly on to first and second. Yet for growers in eastern Ontario and western Quebec, white mould’s less-than-prominent status is hardly a […] Read more

Crops, Markets

‘Keep it Clean’ program aims for more than just good advice

Program seen as 'one stop shop' for ensuring marketability of grains

By Don Norman March 31, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes As farmers plan for the upcoming season, they need to do their part to make certain their grain will be ready for market, come harvest time. “Market access issues in general are becoming a bigger issue globally,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist and lead on market access and pesticides with the Canola Council of […] Read more

Jim Parks believes the heavier and thicker root system of a LumiGEN-treated corn plant means a more robust crop.

Crops

New seed treatments broaden protection against crop diseases, pests

Corteva launch in Canada adds to the suite of products for corn and canola

By Ralph Pearce February 23, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Protecting a crop against weeds, diseases and pests is a challenge any year, but in a year of higher-than-average prices, the value of robust protection takes more importance. As growers continue to look for every competitive advantage to maximize profits, two new seed treatments have entered the market, one for corn and the other for […] Read more

Manitoba Agriculture soil specialist John Heard gave a graphic presentation of N losses at last summer’s Crop Diagnostic School.

Corn, Crops

A down then up year for Prairie corn

Troubles due to a wet spring, but mostly ideal conditions from then on

By Angela Lovell January 26, 2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes With fertilizer prices climbing, some corn growers in Western Canada — particularly in Manitoba — went into the 2022 season with hopes of capitalizing on large N carryovers because of the drought over the previous two years. But a wet spring washed those hopes away, especially in sandier soil regions, as N leached out and […] Read more

Daily Network News

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

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