Current Crop Topics

The latest information on crop management and agronomy issues in field and horticultural crops in Manitoba, including information in regards to environmental impacts and the agronomy tools to manage. 

2023

• When to Apply Winter Protection to Strawberry Fields
• Key Times for Strawberry Irrigation
• Leafhopper Foliar Activity on Apple Trees and Fruit Crops
• Managing Spotted Wing Drosophila in Berry Crops
• Heat Stress on New Strawberry Plantings
• Strawberry Disease Forecast 2023 - Control of Grey Mold (Botrytis)
• Preventing Strawberry Seedy-End
• Protecting Saskatoon Yields from Disease
• Assessing Winter Wheat Survival
• Stretching Fertilizer Dollars & Supplies

2022

• Crop Rotation Planning
• Flax Straw Management
• Growing Flax
• Growing Oilseed Sunflowers
• Staging Corn
• Weed Control in Conventional Sunflowers

General Agronomy Articles 

• Spring Frost Damage
• Effect of Frost on Saskatoons and Strawberries
• Effect of Spring Frost on Emerging Crops

 Other

• Fluency Agent Mandatory Seed Lubricant in Corn and Soybean
• Impact of In-Season Sprayer Tracks on Corn Yields
• Soybean Cyst Nematode Manitoba Distribution Map - July 2021
• Water Parsnip or Water Hemlock - Pictures to Help Diagnose 

Crop Management and Production Economics:

• Crop Production Costs  (XLS 1.24 MB or PDF 3.39 MB) 
• CROPPLAN Production Cost, Marketing and Management Calculator (XLS 1.75 MB)
• Special Crops Production Costs (XLS 515 KB or  PDF 2.40 MB)
• Organic Crop Production Costs (XLS 468 KB or PDF 3.57 MB)
• Seed Manitoba - digital edition
• Nitrogen Rate Calculator for Wheat, Barley and Canola (XLS 402 KB) 
• Phosphorus Balance Calculator (XLS 15KB)
• FertPlan Fertilizer Cost and Requirement Calculator (XLS 114 KB)
• Crop Reseeding Decision Tool (XLS 160 KB or Mobile Friendly Version - Manitoba Agriculture Diversification Centre)
• Guide to Field Crop Protection (available as full edition or by pest control section)
• Farm Machinery Custom and Rental Rate Guide (PDF 876.6 KB)

Weekly Reports on Crops and Pests and Growing Season Information

• Manitoba Crop Report information
• Manitoba Crop Weather Report Information
• Crop Weather Conditions and Reports, including seasonal summaries to date for Manitoba
• Manitoba Crop Pest Updates
• Manitoba Potato Report
• Crop Talk - webinar series

Disease Risk Maps and Economic Calculators:

• Daily Fusarium Head Blight Risk Maps
• Sclerotinia Treatment Decision Tool - Canola (XLSX 50.6 KB) 
• Sclerotinia Treatment Decision Tool - Sunflowers (XLSX 50 KB)

Presentations

Eastern Manitoba Agronomy Updates - Presentations Feb. 2022

• Cereal Update
• Disease Update
• Fertilizer Use with High Prices and Tight Supplies
• Insect Update
• Oilseed Update
• Soybean and Pea Update

Ag Days Presentations Jan 2020

• Losing the Weed Battle Could Mean Losing the Farm! (PDF 5MB)
• A Step Back for New Problems: Tools for Resistant Weeds (PDF 7MB)
• 2020 View of Fertilizer Guidelines for Manitoba (PDF 2MB)