Sometimes Mother Nature provides perfect conditions for late blight, but on-farm mitigation practices can help control it. Reducing late blight risk was the focus of a panel discussion at the Ontario Potato Conference held in Guelph in late February. Why it matters: Late blight has been increasing in potato growing regions in recent years. “We’re […] Read more
Tag Archives fungicides
Late blight threat forecast is high for potato crops in 2024
Strategies offered at Ontario Potato Conference on how to mitigate the risk
New fungicide for pulse and canola growers
Pulse and canola growers across Canada will have a new fungicide to combat a variety of diseases affecting their crops. Earlier this month, Adama Agricultural Solutions Canada announced the introduction of Maxentis, a fungicide that combines two active ingredients –prothioconazole and azoxystrobin –for a single, long-lasting solution in treating three specific crop diseases. The two […] Read more
White mould troubling for some regions
Mixed impact on soybean crop, but greater damage on dry beans
Wet and warm summer weather brings two things to southwestern Ontario: mosquitoes and disease pressure. Both were abundant during an early September Pioneer soybean plot tour in Essex County. For Emma Epp, certified crop advisor, co-owner of Epp Ag Solutions near Leamington, and host of the plot tour, the main enemy in 2023 has been […] Read more
Mid-summer conditions raise alerts about late blight in potatoes
Growers are advised to scout and be proactive with fungicides
Late July brings a variety of conditions to potato fields across the province, and one common theme unites them all: late blight. The fungal disease has become serious in the past five or six years, garnering more attention through monitoring, the placement of spore traps and through regular updates courtesy of the Ontario Potato Board’s […] Read more
Search is on for a response to tar spot
University of Illinois researchers study exotic sources of resistance
Crop diseases often carry a disturbing mix of known and unknown factors. Take tar spot in corn, as an example. It’s known to have arrived in Ontario in 2018 and has continued to spread across the province, from a few fields in five counties in 2020 to a wider distribution in 19 counties by the […] Read more
Vive Crop Protection receives first Canadian product registration
Canadian company developed unique technology that increases efficacy of active ingredients
A Canadian crop protection company, whose patented technology has its roots in research from the University of Toronto, has received its first Canadian product registration. Vive Crop Protection Inc.’s AZteroid FC 3.3 fungicide is labelled for in-furrow use on potatoes against black scurf, silver scurf, and rhizoctonia disease, and is available through UAP Canada. The […] Read more
Emergency registration approved for Captan
An extension of a 2022 emergency registration will help pepper growers manage anthracnose
Ontario pepper growers will be able to control strains of Anthracnose in their fields this year after an emergency approval of Captan. ADAMA Canada has obtained an emergency registration for Captan 80 WSP, a fungicide that has proven effective in managing Anthracnose including the new Colletotrichum Scovilei strain. “We know that Anthracnose can devastate a […] Read more
Top strategies for managing tar spot
It’s all about tolerant hybrids, fungicides, and timing
Tar spot is now well-established in the province and experts from across North America encourage corn growers to think of it as a regional, not field specific disease. That would closely align with how white mould and fusarium head blight are considered. Proactive management is needed. The second day of the 2023 Ontario Agricultural Conference […] Read more
Ontario grower finds Beluga drop hoses deliver on utility and ROI in corn
2023 will mark wide distribution of the system
Dan Petker is a convert to the Beluga drop hose system. The Port Rowan cash cropper couldn’t find a positive return on investment by spraying corn until he hosted a 28-acre fungicide field trial that measured the efficacy and economics of the Beluga drop hose spray system versus overhead broadcast. “These things made $36 per […] Read more
Tar spot and fungicide application timings
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of September 14
Although tar spot was detected in Ontario in the first week of July the past two years, 2022 is much different than 2021 and shows the importance of environmental conditions for disease development. Remember, this holds true for any disease! The big difference was the dry conditions early and shortened leaf wetness periods which delayed […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
