February 12, 2025

Aphids require a watchful eye

Aphids may be nearly invisible to the untrained eye, but a research scientist who specializes in crop-destroying insects warns Saskatchewan farmers not to turn their backs on the tiny, pear-shaped pests. Read more on the w...

Read article
February 06, 2025

Canola & pulse diseases saw the usual culprits in 2024

This year’s growing conditions threw many challenges at producers, one of the biggest being crop disease. Pulses and canola were hit hard, seeing high numbers of fields with disease across Saskatchewan. Root rot and black...

Read article
January 24, 2025

Tar spot continues on the move in ON corn

Tar spot jumped to the eastern side of Ontario in 2024, and the corn growing areas that don’t have it, likely do now — it just hasn’t been detected. Such is the state of the latest fungal disease that has come to dominate ...

Read article
January 24, 2025

Vigilance urged as clubroot soars

With patchy wet conditions throughout the province, clubroot came out in force in Alberta in 2024. Its favourite targets were in a pocket of municipalities around Edmonton. Clubroot is highly dependent on environmental con...

Read article
December 27, 2024

Researcher experiments with burying kochia

Every weed has a weakness. For kochia, the pesky tumbleweed that’s become difficult to control in parts of Western Canada, that weakness is burial. Research has shown the seeds of kochia are less likely to germinate when t...

Read article
December 18, 2024

The Agronomists: Killing waterhemp, kochia & other nasty weeds with Bob Hartzler & Dr. Breanne Tidemann

Multi-herbicide resistant weeds have been found in several Canadian and U.S. regions and the amount of ground they cover expands every year. On the list of worst offenders: kochia, wild oats, waterhemp, and Canada fleabane...

Read article
November 22, 2024

Soybean School: More than one way to kill dandelion

Dandelion control in soybeans was a significant issue across Ontario in 2024 — large dandelions set roots in many fields and killing the weed was a troublesome chore for growers and agronomists. On this episode of the Real...

Read article
November 15, 2024

2024 ON corn rootworm trap network results

Results from the 2024 Ontario corn rootworm (CRW) trap sites monitored through the Adult Corn Rootworm (CRW) Trap Monitoring Network have been summarized in the infographic in this Field Crop News article.

Read article
November 15, 2024

Corn School: Tackling tar spot with disease tracking technology

On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Agribusiness pathologist Albert Tenuta looks at the importance of linking knowledge of disease pathogens in the field with weath...

Read article
October 11, 2024

Corn School: Building a genetic defence for tar spot

As tar spot continues to spread northeast across Ontario’s corn region, growers are looking to build a better defence against the yield-robbing leaf disease. On this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard To...

Read article
October 11, 2024

Soybean School: Cheating sudden death syndrome

For more insight on managing Sudden Death Syndrome, RealAgriculture Soybean School host Bernard Tobin caught up with Albert Tenuta at a pair of trial locations this summer. On this episode, Tenuta shares field evidence of ...

Read article
September 22, 2024

The Agronomists: Fall weed control with Rob Miller & Tammy Jones

Fall time is the right time to kill weeds, say two out of two agronomists in this fast-paced episode of The Agronomists. Listen/watch as Rob Miller, BASF, and Tammy Jones, Corteva, go tete-a-tete over the how, when, and wh...

Read article
September 22, 2024

Corn School: Managing late-arriving tar spot

OMAFRA's Albert Tenuta has been testing fungicide treatments to control tar spot in his disease nursery at Rodney, Ontario, since 2020. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Corn School, Tenuta and host Bernard Tobin tour t...

Read article