Crop Production Update
- Grasshoppers have become a serious problem for producers across many areas of the province. For questions relating to grasshoppers and crop damage, please contact your regional crops extension specialist.
- Crops are ahead of their typical staging for this time of year in many regions of Saskatchewan. The excessive heat during the critical flowering stage, known as heat blast in oilseeds, can affect the yield.
- Since the last issue of Crop Production News, the Crop Protection Lab (CPL) has received 19 samples including canola, peas, lentils, and wheat. The lab has been working to diagnose these samples and samples from the previous week. In the last two weeks the lab has issued over 40 reports to producers.
- Based on submissions so far this year, the most common pathogen causing root rot in the province are species of Fusarium.
- Several cases of herbicide injury have been suspected and many of these samples are coming from areas that are at risk for herbicide carryover due to drought in previous years
- Diagnoses in the last two weeks have included ascochyta blight, bacterial blight, root rot, anthracnose, insect damage and abiotic stress.
In This Issue
Fungicide Insensitivity: Impacts to Sustainable Crop Protection
Don't miss out on this crucial article that sheds light on safeguarding our crops and ensuring sustainable food production.
Get Ready to Seed Winter Cereals
Thinking about putting in a winter cereal? Here are some considerations to make the decision easier.
Are you finding little orange bugs in your wheat and wondering if you have a midge problem? Maybe you do and maybe you don’t.
Do you know what your roots are hiding? Learn about pulse root rot and testing.
Reducing Risk of Fusarium Head Blight
Keep your fields healthy by reducing your risk of Fusarium Head Blight.
Tackling Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease in Cereal Fields
Learn about proactive strategies to protect cereal crop yield against the resurgence of bacterial leaf streak disease.