Pest Profile: Volunteer Canola
The fourth most common weed in Western Canada, volunteer canola is especially challenging to control in herbicide-tolerant crops like soybeans. It...
Pest Profile: Sow Thistle
Sow thistle is a perennial weed that can grow in a wide variety of environmental conditions and is currently found in all Canadian provinces...
Pest Profile: Septoria Leaf Spot
Septoria leaf spot is a common leaf disease causing premature defoliation. Though it overwinters on infected leaves and twigs, wind and...
Pest Profile: Wild Buckwheat
Tips on identifying and controlling wild buckwheat, an annual broadleaf weed pest that is highly crop competitive and resistant to Group 2...
Pest Profile: Flixweed
Flixweed is a highly competitive winter annual weed found in the southwestern Prairies and U.S. plains where soil is much lighter and drier....
Tips for Controlling Dandelions in Your Field
Canadian growers aren’t alone — dandelions are a nuisance for farmers worldwide1. One dandelion alone can produce about 2,500 very mobile seeds...
Pest Profile: Narrow-Leaved Hawk’s Beard
Narrow-leaved hawk’s beard is a tough-to-control winter annual considered a noxious weed under the Saskatchewan Weed Control Act. A prolific seed...
Pest Profile: Stripe Rust
Highly mobile and infectious, stripe rust is a devastating disease that can cause substantial losses in cereal crops. The presence of just one...
Pest Profile: Canada Thistle
Canada thistle is a persistent weed that has threatened the yields of farmers far longer than Canada has been a country. A member of the sunflower...
Pest Profile: Stinkweed
Stinkweed, formally known as Thlaspi arvense, is a winter annual weed that’s prolific, poisonous and difficult to control. Also...