For 13 growing seasons, wheat farmers in Western Canada have had access to a powerful agronomic tool against wheat...
Threat Watch
Fighting Fusarium Head Blight
Cereal growers in Alberta have a new weapon in the fight against fusarium head blight (FHB). It’s an online risk...
Monitor for Insect Pests this Growing Season
Specialists at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) are working to have fields predetermined for the 2018 insect...
VIEWPOINT: Learning to live with Fusarium
Alberta’s Fusarium Management Plan, developed to limit mycotoxin production and subsequent grain contamination, and to...
Blackleg and Clubroot in Canola
Blackleg and clubroot are both serious diseases that are growing in severity across Alberta, but with proper and...
Planning for Fusarium in 2018
It will be easy for growers to let their guard down this year when it comes to managing for Fusarium head blight...
Eye in the sky
The benefits of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones as crop scouting tools are obvious. They enable...
Wheat Midge Tolerance Gene Detected in Soft White Wheat
Through recent advancements in marker technology, SeCan recently discovered that the majority of the soft white wheat...
What’s Eating Alberta Crops?
Here's what’s eating Alberta crops, according to Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture....
Listen Now: As Canola Flowers, Insect Pressure Looms
In the latest Call of the Land podcast, Scott Meers,Alberta Agriculture’s insect management specialist, notes that...
Listen Now: Early Start to Insect Issues
It’s a very early start to insect concerns this growing season, from grasshoppers to cutworms and pea leaf weevil....
Podcast: Don’t Rush to Seed Canola
The Canola Council of Canada says growers don’t have to be in a rush to seed canola in early May. Other crops such...
Video: Stop Fusarium Before it Stops You
Fusarium graminearum has cost Alberta producers between $3 and $8.7 million annually due to reduced yield and...
Survey Finds Canola Disease in Six Provinces
A national survey led by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has found Verticillium longisporum in six...
Podcast: Pea Leaf Weevil Expanding its Range
Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture, talks about pea leaf weevil. Meers says the range...
Word to the Wise: Don’t Mix Canola and Sugar Beet in Your Rotations
With a solid sugar beet industry, Taber, Alta., and the surrounding area is home to more than 200 sugar beet...
Growers on High Alert for Stripe Rust
Stripe rust has been developing earlier than ever before on winter wheat in central Alberta — which may mean it is...