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While out scouting this week, you might come across a few scenarios like these. The detailed answers will provide some good agronomy tips.

Adult trap counts show a few potential hot spots for larvae feeding, but numbers can be quite different field to field. Check each field!

Scout lygus at late flowering and podding stages using a standard insect sweep net of 38 cm (15″) diameter. The standard threshold is 20-30

This article provides brief explanations and links to answer these questions: Will the crop need a pre-harvest aid? What to look for with a

Canola growers who straight cut or wait for 60 per cent seed colour change on the main stem to swath can potentially maximize both

Growers and agronomists can use the Keep it Clean Spray to Swath Interval Calculator at spraytoswath.ca to plan pre-harvest spraying.

Through the pod filling time between flowering and harvest, growers and agronomists will want to take time for a more intense session of clubroot

Vigilantly scout all canola fields for symptoms, even if growing a clubroot resistant (CR) variety. Clubroot galls can start to form about three weeks

Even if an area is low risk according to provincial risk maps, local hot spots can flare up – which is why each farm

Diamondback moth larvae are generally low across the Prairies so far, but one hot spot has been noted in Rural Municipality 10 in Saskatchewan.

Not really. If infection got started, then this fungus is in the plant. When conditions are ideal (relative humidity over 80 per cent and

While out scouting for insects feeding on pods, you might also find these insects at work. Each of the insects in the quiz will