Reading Time: 4 minutes Predicting which diseases will cause problems on your farm this year is a little like predicting the weather — you know it’s going to hit you, but you don’t know when or how bad it will be. And it doesn’t help that these two unpredictable forces often go hand in hand. “One of the primary […] Read more
Your 2021 disease forecast will depend on your weather forecast
Keep an eye out for the usual suspects in your crops this year if the weather turns wet, says researcher
As clubroot grows in strength, counties boost their defences
Six municipalities have banded together to boost surveillance and encourage farmers to be proactive
Reading Time: 4 minutes Six partnering municipalities in the northeast region have stepped up their clubroot monitoring and are running an enhanced clubroot surveillance program. “There’s a lot of presence of clubroot in the Edmonton region. There’s a lot more traffic in that area. That’s where it was first discovered and is prevalent,” said Hannah Musterer, agricultural services technician […] Read more
DeKalb pulls two ‘inconsistent’ canolas off market
Up against an “inconsistency of grower experiences” with the seeds’ yields in 2019, Bayer Canada is yanking two of its DeKalb TruFlex canola hybrids from the market. DeKalb’s DKTF 92 SC and DKTF 94 CR will not be available for 2020, Bayer said. Canola growers who have already booked those seeds for this spring are […] Read more
The Year That Was: Clubroot continued its deadly march in 2019
The disease didn't make the headlines in 2019 but its assault on Alberta continued
Reading Time: 5 minutes The rapid spread of clubroot in the last decade will continue in the coming one if canola growers don’t start to get ahead of the disease. “The resistance is being overcome already, and some of those cases are pretty significant and serious infestations,” said Dan Orchard, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. “In […] Read more
New clubroot strain found in Manitoba sends a message to all canola growers
Discovery is a reminder growers need to ‘take this disease seriously and implement clubroot management plans’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The discovery of a new clubroot strain not controlled by traditional resistant canola varieties underscores the need to be proactive in keeping clubroot spore numbers low. “This is yet another cue for the industry to continue to take this disease seriously and implement clubroot management plans,” said Dan Orchard, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council […] Read more
Clubroot able to beat resistant canola reaches Manitoba
A strain of clubroot able to club the roots of some resistant canola varieties has made its way east to Manitoba. Manitoba’s agriculture department reported Friday that clubroot pathotype 3A — a strain that can “overcome some first-generation sources of genetic resistance” in commercial canola — has been positively identified in the south-central rural municipality […] Read more
New video on how to manage clubroot
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canola Council of Canada has a new clubroot video focusing on key management strategies for dealing with the disease. The 15-minute video outlines steps for minimizing the risk of introducing the disease-causing pathogen to a farm, including the three stages for cleaning equipment so it doesn’t bring contaminated soil to a field. It also […] Read more
Wind seems to be the clubroot culprit in Manitoba
Researcher urges producers to watch for early infestations and get on them quickly
Reading Time: 3 minutes It looks like clubroot is moving a bit differently on the east side of the Prairies. In Alberta, clubroot is showing up a lot at field entrances (in 90 per cent of the infected fields, according to one study), which suggests equipment is the main culprit in its spread. It’s a similar pattern in Saskatchewan […] Read more
In denial? Farmers ‘failing’ in battle against clubroot
Scott Keller has crunched acreage numbers and found tight rotations and susceptible varieties are commonplace
Reading Time: 6 minutes For the last three years, Scott Keller has been crunching acreage numbers from the provincial crop insurer — and he’s not liking what he sees. “To me, everything the researchers and the Canola Council (of Canada) is saying that farmers should do; they’re not even doing anything outside of just adopting the resistant varieties,” said […] Read more
Make a difference with good crop rotation
Benefits include lower disease control and fertilizer costs
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the best tools to improve the bottom line, reduce future grief, and lower the risks of pests, disease and weeds is by using a diverse crop rotation. “A good crop rotation is one where there is an adequate variety of crops grown so that any one type of crop is grown only once […] Read more
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