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 […] Read more
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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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] Read more