Your province wide crop disease outlook for the 2022 growing season. Future outlooks for any industry can be tricky. Never mind the agriculture industry where many factors can play a role in what transpires over the next year. It’s important to look at what has...
An update on where Alberta is at in its new approach to the fusarium fight. Farming small grains, like other agricultural pursuits, consists of several emotional swings resulting from any number of positive experiences tempered by occasional negative bombshells. One...
The fight against clubroot has evolved over the past few decades since it was discovered in Alberta. A lot has changed since clubroot was first discovered in Alberta on canola in 2003. While scientists now understand the disease and its necessary management far better...
A new map showing fusarium seed infection in Alberta between Sept. 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021 has been released by the Alberta Seed Processors (ASP). This is the final map for the 2020/21 growing season. Results from over 8,600 cereal grain seed samples from 60 rural...
Plants early season in the season infected with Aphanomyces. Photo: Sherrilyn Phelps, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Root rot in peas caused by Aphanomyces has become an increasing problem in fields across southern Alberta over the last decade. In 2012, a new problem...
A map showing Fusarium graminearum seed infection in Alberta between Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020 has been released by the Alberta Seed Processors (ASP). This map is part of a new phase of fusarium head blight management in Alberta. “This project directly aligns with...
