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Flea beetle. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Best to be scouting for insect pests

'Definitely' watch canola for flea beetles

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News May 17, 2023

MarketsFarm — Although it is still relatively early in the crop year, Manitoba entomologist John Gavloski strongly advises farmers to carefully watch their fields for any signs of insect pests. Gavloski couldn’t say for sure if insect damage was going to be bad this year but based on what’s transpired over the last three years, […] Read more

A grasshopper in a canola field near Starbuck, Man. in the summer of 2019. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

Crops

Adama’s lambda-cy products to be available this year

Company to continue selling Silencer, Zivata after recall

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 9, 2023

The Canadian arm of ag chem firm Adama says it’s relabelled its inventories of lambda-cyhalothrin insecticide products Silencer and Zivata and will have them available for sale to farmers in 2023. The company had said last November it wasn’t yet sure those products would be available this year under an approaching deadline following a 2021 […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News January 16, 2020

MarketsFarm — How problematic insects fare across the Prairies in 2020 depends largely on the weather this spring, according to three provincial insect specialists. Be the insects grasshoppers, flea beetles, cutworms, or a few other types, their potential to cause significant damage to Prairie crops will partly depend on how dry and warm this coming […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Flea beetles top Manitoba’s 2019 watch list

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 19, 2019

Cold temperatures hitting Manitoba won’t do much to hurt flea beetles overwintering, leaving the pest as a major concern for canola farmers heading into spring. Flea beetle numbers were quite high in Manitoba in 2018, making them “probably at the top of the list of (insects) to watch out for this year,” said John Gavloski, […] Read more

Cutworms. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

By Lisa Guenther May 21, 2015

If you’re an Alberta farmer and your crops have got cutworms, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development wants to know. Scott Meers, an entomologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, is asking farmers to report cutworms online. The province uses those reports to create an interactive map displaying cutworm sightings. Meers and provincial insect research technologist […] Read more

Flea beetle feeding (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Pests likely to survive Manitoba winter

By Terryn Shiells, GFM Network News February 28, 2015

CNS Canada –– Sufficient snow cover will likely help insect crop pests survive the winter in Manitoba, despite a recent bout of extremely cold weather. “Snow is a great insulator, so even though we have had some quite cool temperatures the last several weeks, where the insects are beneath the snow it’s actually nice and […] Read more

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Best to be scouting for insect pests

Adama’s lambda-cy products to be available this year

Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

Flea beetles top Manitoba’s 2019 watch list

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

Pests likely to survive Manitoba winter

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