Insights and Stories on Crop Diseases

Good news, bad news for fungicides meant to fight stem rot in canola

Sep. 17, 2025 at 11:07 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – An extremely high resistance to a major fungicide, and adaptation to another, are the warning flags raised for canola growers by a report on a major disease’s sensitivity to a handful of fungicides used across the Prairie provinces. First, the good news: overall insensitivity of sclerotinia sclerotiorum […]

A soybean crop in Manitoba's Interlake in 2022.

The power of pulses in your crop rotation

Jan. 31, 2025 at 10:22 am CST

By Miranda Leybourne

Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

Jul. 26, 2024 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

CMBTC study finds new malting barley lines a fit for Manitoba

Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Aug. 31, 2023 at 2:48 am CDT

By Marcelo Teixeira

How to control crown rust in oats

May. 5, 2023 at 9:35 am CDT

Something Prairie oat producers need to keep a sharp eye out for this summer is crown rust. James Menzies, a plant pathologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Morden, Man., says you’ll find crown rust wherever oats are grown, except in very arid climates. It’s more damaging than any other oat […]

By Mark Halsall

‘Keep it Clean’ program aims for more than just good advice

Mar. 31, 2023 at 1:53 pm CDT

As farmers plan for the upcoming season, they need to do their part to make certain their grain will be ready for market, come harvest time. “Market access issues in general are becoming a bigger issue globally,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist and lead on market access and pesticides […]

By Don Norman