Pests
Dow AgroSciences is introducing new formulations for three horticultural products – Entrust SC insecticide, Lorsban NT insecticide and Kerb SC herbicide. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Neonicotinoids are under intense scrutiny. But a ban of a broad variety of pesticides may be required to protect bees, humans and the environment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Engage Agro Corporation of Canada announced it has reached an agreement to be the exclusive marketer and distributor of Grandevo bioinsecticide for Canada. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
New active ingredient provides superior plant protection. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The strawberry aphid can be a problem in strawberries because it is a vector of several virus diseases. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When it comes to spotted wing drosophila (SWD), flies plus ripe fruit equals risk. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Canadian strawberry growers have a new tool to fight common pests with the recent extension adding strawberries to the label of DuPont Altacor insecticide. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A tiny parasitic wasp, Copidosoma bakeri, can mean the difference between a successful harvest and a crop failure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Wireworm populations may have wobbled in recent years, but they haven’t fallen yet. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Zebra caterpillar was seen in a few canola and flax fields across the Prairies in 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A look at new seed treatments and foliar fungicides and label updates for 2013, with product information provided by the manufacturers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Totally flexible and programmed to work anywhere for any crop. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Surveys and insect monitoring sites can be found on Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba provincial websites. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Flies are everywhere and can cause increased stress to both animals and workers, so effective control has become extremely important. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Fruit and Vegetable Magazine is continuing this month with the resurrection of a resource for growers from the past. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It seems that lately, everyone has been in a tizzy about bees and neonicotinoid pesticides. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Pome and stone fruit growers in Canada now have access to Closer, a new insecticide for the control of aphids and San Jose scale. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Potato growers in Canada now have access to Closer, a new insecticide for the control of aphids. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Overheating in bins can quickly lead to insect infestations. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The program that educates and trains Ontario farmers and pesticide vendors in the responsible and safe use of pesticides has gone online. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!