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 blackleg had an average of more than 90 per cent prevalence, while mychosphaerella/ascochyta complex and anthracnose weren’t far behind. Read more on disease prevalence from this Western Producer article.