Reading Time: 3 minutes Trap cropping may draw pests away from the main crop and concentrate them for blitz control with less insecticide and friendlier farming for beneficial bugs.
Trap crops to cut faba bean spraying?
Trap cropping may concentrate pest insects away from the main crop so they can be better managed, with less ecological spillover
Cereal cover crops show mixed flea beetle protection
Fall rye and oat nurse crops show promise for reducing damage, however, current research notes it's not yet a reliable field-scale tool
Reading Time: 4 minutes University of Manitoba researchers are testing if planting fall rye and oat nurse crops help growers reduce damage without hurting yield.
Growers urged to monitor for pea leaf weevil despite low 2025 activity
Damage can be hard to assess, but it helps to pay attention to the insect’s life cycle
Reading Time: 5 minutes The pea leaf weevil has moved north in Alberta, but the outlook for damage from the insect is 2026 is promising.
Wheat stem sawfly decreased across the province
Outlook for 2026 looking positive for Alberta wheat growers with sawfly numbers declining
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wheat stem fly damage in Alberta was down in 2025, and the outlook for 2026 looks similar.
Scientist working with nanotechnology to control pests in crops
Nanotechnology allows research to targest pests at DNA level
Reading Time: 4 minutes Researchers from Agriculture and Agri-food Canada are working with nanotechnology to targest pest insects in crops.
Ten years to study a pesticide?
PMRA dealing with a backlog of post-market reviews, bogging down Canada’s regulatory system
Reading Time: 2 minutes PMRA dealing with a backlog of post-market reviews, bogging down Canada’s regulatory system.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
Keep it clean on pre-harvest chemical use
Farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches
Canadian farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches.
Locusts spread in Ukraine’s south as war disrupts control measures
A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes it impossible to use traditional pest control methods, officials and producers say.
Manitoba Crop Report: Rains not enough to curb dryness
Some areas receive deluge; others still dry
Many areas of Manitoba received varied amounts of rainfall during the week ended July 6, 2025. However, it was not enough to replenish moisture in some areas.
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