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Pest and Disease Outlook 2020

Top pest and disease concerns in Alberta for the coming year. After a couple of dry years, 2019 was a wetter year in most...

Many factors can cause a thin canola stand. Proper diagnosis is important for effective management. Here are common...

What to keep in mind now that trap reports are coming in and garnering a fair amount of attention. “Some agrologists and...

Calls to our agronomists, insecticide sales at retailers and Twitter comments all point to a worse-than-usual flea beetle...

With the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) proposing the complete cancellation of Strychnine for its use in...

Damage to field crops by wireworms is poised to escalate across the Prairies. Neil Whatley, crop specialist at Alberta...

Specialists at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) are working to have fields predetermined for the 2018 insect survey...

Blackleg and clubroot are both serious diseases that are growing in severity across Alberta, but with proper and diligent...

Through recent advancements in marker technology, SeCan recently discovered that the majority of the soft white wheat...