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Cabbage seedpod weevil
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Cabbage seedpod weevil | CanolaCounts | Second herbicide passes | Top dressing nutrients | Not over 'til it's over…
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Grasshoppers are causing some problems this week in areas that remain dry. As for areas that got rain, the rapid crop growth that results should reduce the economic risk from grasshoppers… -
Reports of the 'little red bugs' increased in 2018 and it’s back again in 2019. The insect is a true bug, Peritrechus convivus, and these and other closely related insects are commonly referred to as 'dirt-coloured seed bugs'… -
Insect trap counts are generally low across the Prairies, but bertha counts keep rising. Here are the latest provincial survey results…
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Alberta Agriculture's cabbage seedpod weevil survey results for 2018 are mapped. In areas with a red marker, 25% or more of samples reported are above the threshold… -
With earliest canola fields starting to flower in southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan, cabbage seedpod weevil scouting season begins. Here is the forecast map for 2018 based on 2017 surveys… -
Earliest canola fields are just coming into flower in southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan, the highest-risk areas for cabbage seedpod weevil in Western Canada. Cabbage seedpod weevils tend to cluster in fields that are first to flower, so farmers with early fields will want to check them closely… -
As a rough estimate, the 20% flower or "bloom" stage is when the main stem has around 15 “flowers”. Canola can reach 20% bloom in 4-5 days after first flower…
