Insects

Bees are good for canola. Canola is good for bees. Canola flowers provide an important source of nectar for honey producers in Western Canada:

Aster leafhopper numbers are quite low so far this year, down considerably from 2012. Aster leafhoppers carry aster yellows phytoplasma, so without leafhoppers to

Flea beetle spraying picked up again this week, as more canola fields reached thresholds. Don’t give up on flea beetle scouting just yet. Click

When spraying for weeds it may be economical to add an insecticide or fungicide to the tank mix to hit any insects or disease

Growers must take extra precaution with any tank mix that is not identified and approved on the product label. The risks with off-label tank

Cutworm activity has been light so far this year, with a few fields sprayed across the Prairies. We do expect to hear of more

A few flea beetles do not warrant an insecticide application. Follow these guidelines when making a flea beetle spray decision:

South winds from Texas and California/Mexico have reached the Prairies, as the maps show. Winds from the south central U.S. bring aster leafhoppers (which

The week after seeding is a good time to dig up seeds and seedlings to check for rots and blights. Disease damaged seed and

Assess flea beetle damage before spraying. Some feeding is tolerated without an economic cost. The nominal economic threshold for flea beetles in canola crops

Wireworms have not become the crisis some expected after lindane was pulled from the market, but some fields do have populations at levels that

Delayed arrival of southerly winds in 2013, together with the colder start to the growing season, may lessen the risks associated with aster leafhoppers,