October 2014 – Field Crop News

Do You Need to Use Insecticide-Treated Corn and Soybean Seed?

Posted on October 31, 2014 (April 21, 2016) by Tracey Baute

Many Ontario Fields Don’t Need Neonicotinoid Treated Seeds Assess Your Risk for Early Season Insect Damage Fill out the Pest Evaluation Checklist for Corn or Soybean for your farm at ontario.ca/bx1n Use this Pest Evaluation Checklist to target the use of insecticide seed treatments on corn and soybean seed for fields with identified risks. […]

2014 Grain Corn Ear Mould and Vomitoxin Survey

Posted on October 27, 2014 (December 22, 2021) by OMAFRA Field Crop Team

Greg Stewart, OMAFRA Corn Specialist Albert Tenuta, OMAFRA Field Crop Pathologist The OMAFRA Field Crops team has completed the survey of the 2014 Ontario corn crop to determine ear mould incidence and the occurrence of mycotoxins in the grain. These mycotoxins, particularly vomitoxin (DON) produced primarily by Gibberella/Fusarium ear moulds, are grading factors and can […]

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