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Nights were quite cool last week with minimum temperatures in the neighborhood of 0.60C to 50C across much of western Canada. Pockets of frost

With canola beginning to flower, it is time to assess risk for sclerotinia stem rot infection and to determine if a fungicide application will

This year has certainly been challenging for canola production and, as a result, crop staging is wide ranging in some fields. Should a fungicide

There were still a couple of reports of cutworms in Saskatchewan this past week but it appears as if larval feeding is winding down

A number of areas are reporting crop damage due to gopher feeding (as much as a couple of acres surrounding burrows in some fields).

A number of fields in the Peace region of Alberta (near Rycroft and Spirit River) are exhibiting signs of necrosis (browning and tissue dying)

Soil Moisture – Extremely Dry to Excess Several storms brought much needed rain to parts of southwest, central and northwest regions of Manitoba. Soil

Canola staging continues to be quite variable within an area and within a single field in some areas. Re-seeded and late seeded fields range

With the rainfall last week, came hail to a number of areas (Dauphin, Treherne and Notre Dame, MB; Duck Lake, Frontier, SK; Claresholm, Spirit

There were a couple of reports of cutworms in Saskatchewan but it appears as if larval feeding is winding down as they are beginning

Leaf hoppers in relatively high populations have been found south of Red Deer, AB. This insect is not of economic importance in canola but

Up for a great learning experience? There are a number of crop training events organized across western Canada to challenge even the most seasoned