Tuesday 25 June 2019

Provincial Insect Pest Reports (June 27, 2019; Wk 12)

Provincial entomologists provide insect pest updates throughout the growing season so we link to their most recent information: 

Manitoba's Insect and Disease Updates for 2019 are posted here. Access Update #4 posted June 12, 2019.

Saskatchewan's Crops Blog Posts includes a segment on "Early season scouting of cutworms" by Sara Doerksen posted in April 2019 and "Economic thresholds" by Kaeley Kindrachuk posted in May 2019. Also access the Crop Production News with Issues #1 (featuring Diamondback moth monitoring), #2 (featuring Pest surveying and Pea leaf weevil in peas and faba beans), and #3 (featuring Bertha armyworm and Pea leaf weevil information).


•  Alberta Agriculture and Forestry's Call of the Land regularly includes insect pest updates from Mr. Scott Meers. The most recent Call of the Land was posted March 18-22, 2019 but did not include an insect update. In the meantime, try Agri-News to access the June 10, 2019 edition including information pertaining to the value of in-field monitoring.