Insects

Late-season insects | More on swath or straight-cutting | Late-season disease scouting | CCC tools

Pre-harvest glyphosate | Lygus bugs and diamondback moths | Straight-cut or swath? | Canola as feed

Pre-harvest intervals | Lygus bug thresholds | Grasshopper scouting | Bertha armyworm | Sclerotinia spore tests

Lygus bugs | Grasshoppers | Hail | Will canola recover from heat?

Cabbage seedpod weevil | CanolaCounts | Second herbicide passes | Top dressing nutrients | Not over ’til it’s over

Five questions on flea beetles – including their characteristics and management steps. Get detailed agronomy information with the answers.

Hot temperatures can reduce the effectiveness of pest management applications. This article looks at performance of canola herbicides for weed control and insecticides for

Replace those worn openers / Why wait to seed canola? / Pre-seed banding leaves dry seed bed / Spray weeds two weeks before seeding.

Scientific research in Western Canada shows lower yields for canola in short rotations. Blackleg (shown above), clubroot and many other factors can cause this

Numbers for August-emerging flea beetles have to be very high — perhaps 100 per plant — before economic losses occur. Some patches might be

Some farms are seeing more lygus than usual, but most counts are still below thresholds. James Tansey, entomologist for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture,

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