Damage to field crops by wireworms is poised to escalate across the Prairies. Neil Whatley, crop specialist at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, explains how producers can be proactive about finding solutions in their areas by submitting samples to Canada’s wireworm...
Specialists at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) are working to have fields predetermined for the 2018 insect survey season and are looking for assistance from agrologists and producers across Alberta. This year, the survey teams would like to check pea and wheat...
Blackleg and clubroot are both serious diseases that are growing in severity across Alberta, but with proper and diligent management by all farmers, they can be effectively controlled. Blackleg Blackleg is a fungal canker or dry rot that results in stem girdling and...
Through recent advancements in marker technology, SeCan recently discovered that the majority of the soft white wheat varieties grown in Western Canada contain the Sm1 trait for midge tolerance – and for this reason they will require stewardship. The Midge Tolerant...
Research shows that treating pea seed with a systemic insecticide product is the most effective control measure to prevent pea leaf weevil damage. According to a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, properly inoculated annual legume crops, such as...
