CNS Canada — Recent milder weather seen in Western Canada was unfavourable for winter wheat crops and has left the crops more vulnerable to winterkill. “The major impact is that it melted some of the snow cover that the winter wheat had, and in a lot of cases now some of those fields are bare,” […] Read more
Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat
Prairies’ winter wheat looks good heading into dormancy
CNS Canada — There weren’t a lot of acres planted to winter wheat in Western Canada this fall due to the late harvest of many other crops — but what was seeded looks good as it heads into dormancy. “The fields that are there look good, just we have no clue how much there is,” […] Read more
Winter wheat acres should double or triple: expert
AgCanada scientist says winter wheat acres could hit the five-million mark, if crop insurance rules allowed later seeding
Reading Time: 3 minutes If spring comes late or is wet seven months from now, growers waiting to plant spring wheat will be looking with envy at neighbours’ fields of winter wheat. But there should be less envy and more winter wheat than the one million to 1.5 million acres currently grown on the Prairies, says Brian Beres, a […] Read more
When should you fertilize winter wheat?
Research has shown that fertilizing at seeding can be very effective — and a big time saver come spring
Reading Time: 2 minutes AARD Release / Once the decision to grow winter wheat has been made, one question that frequently comes up is when to fertilize. “Traditionally, winter wheat has been seeded with very little fertilizer and then fertilized in the spring,” said Doon Pauly, agronomy research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development in Lethbridge. “Sometimes, however, […] Read more
Southern Alberta stripe rust survey
June 30 to July 3, 2014
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development – Dr. Denis Gaudet, and his crew from the Lethbridge Research Centre, surveyed twenty-three fields of winter wheat for stripe rust in the Lethbridge, Cardston, Taber, Forty Mile and Cypress counties. Two fields in the Cardston and Welling regions were observed with 60 per cent incidence (55 per cent severity) and 33 […] Read more
Traces of stripe rust reported in southern Alberta
Reading Time: < 1 minute A total of 24 winter wheat fields in the Cardston-Lethbridge, Warner, Vulcan, Taber, Forty Mile and Cypress Counties were surveyed for stripe rust. Stripe rust was observed at trace levels in four fields in the Coaldale-Stirling, Warner areas and at low (five per cent) levels in one field near Cardston. In the remainder of the […] Read more
Central Alberta winter wheat fields hit hard by stripe rust
Stripe rust is showing up in winter wheat fields in central and southern Alberta, and threatens adjacent spring wheat fields
Reading Time: 3 minutes Severe stripe rust infections in central Alberta have put wheat growers on high alert, says a federal research scientist. “Because wheat is such an important crop, stripe rust is one of those diseases that could have a major, major impact on cereal crop production,” said Denis Gaudet of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “To me, it […] Read more
Stripe rust on winter wheat being reported near Olds, Alta.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development – On June 2, Drs. Krishan Kumar and Kequan Xi saw heavy infections of stripe rust on winter wheat in the cereal breeding nursery at Olds. They did not see the disease in adjacent spring wheat plots. Additionally, there were some stripe rust pustules in winter wheat in the breeding plots and […] Read more
Prairie winter wheat seen safe under a blanket of snow
The crop was generally well established in many areas ahead of winter freeze-up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canada may be in the midst of a deep freeze, but winter wheat crops are none the wiser. “The crop sure is protected, there’s lots of snow,” said Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada. “I would say that snow cover is more than adequate in most places.” The ample amount of snow […] Read more
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