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
New tool for anthracnose control in lentils
Zetigo PRM targets disease with a novel mode of action and helps farmers manage fungicide resistance
Managing white mould in soybeans
Most of the disease is in eastern Ontario, but there are pockets everywhere
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
New fungicides for potato producers in 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes Gavel Zoxamide and mancozeb are the active ingredients for Gavel, a new fungicide from Gowan, which says they work in synergy to protect crops from major diseases. Zoxamide kills fungal zoospores before they are released and attempt to penetrate leaf surfaces. Mancozeb inhibits spore germination and disrupts enzyme activity. Gowan says Gavel provides excellent control […] Read more
Where did potato production land in 2022?
Despite farmer challenges such as high input costs and adverse weather conditions in many areas, Canada saw an overall increase in total production and yield numbers from 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutes For many potato farmers in Canada, 2022 was a challenging year. There were some major weather difficulties to contend with — cold, wet springs delayed planting for producers in New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and B.C. and in some cases contributed to later harvests as well. Harvest was also held up in P.E.I. after the tail […] Read more
New seed treatments broaden protection against crop diseases, pests
Corteva launch in Canada adds to the suite of products for corn and canola
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
A down then up year for Prairie corn
Troubles due to a wet spring, but mostly ideal conditions from then on
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
PHOTOS: Anthracnose fungicides for dry beans, 2014-18
#CropPatrol: Results of small-plot experiments at Huron Research Station examined
Reading Time: < 1 minute Anthracnose can cause severe yield and seed quality issues in dry beans. Anthracnose is managed in part with genetic resistance, clean seed and chemical seed treatments. Locally grown seed increases the risk of a disease outbreak and growers are encouraged to use fungicides to manage this risk. The purpose of the study was to measure […] Read more
PHOTOS: White mould fungicides for dry beans, 2012-13
#CropPatrol: Measuring the long-term performance and economic returns of fungicides
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario growers routinely use fungicides to manage white mould in dry beans, but they should be applied before any disease is visible. The purpose of this study was to measure the long-term performance and economic returns of fungicides, to help growers select a top product. Four small-plot experiments were conducted in 2012-13 at the Huron […] Read more
Whether to spray and when
An Alberta study sheds some light on the best returns on investment for fungicides and their timing of application
Reading Time: 4 minutes Timing is everything for many things — including when to spray fungicides on wheat. A new study provides more information on what time is best, including on whether it’s no time at all. The study, published in a recent edition of the Canadian Journal of Plant Science, was conducted by Sheri Strydhorst. At the time […] Read more
Pea fungicides — scout first
Manitoba results indicate spraying for ascochyta blight was economic in fewer than one-quarter of trials between 2017 and 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes The past five years have definitely been on the dry side in Manitoba’s pea-growing regions — an important fact to remember when considering the results of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers’ (MPSG) 2021 on-farm pea fungicide trials. That meant there was little disease pressure at the trial’s four locations (Roland, Swan River and two sites […] Read more
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