Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
The VCR (vegetable crop report) is a weekly update which includes crop updates, weather and growing degree summaries for various vegetable growing regions across Ontario. Continue Reading VCR – Vegetable Crop Report – July 12, 2019
By: Cheryl Trueman, Department of Plant Agriculture, Ridgetown Campus – University of Guelph With the wet and generally cool weather… Continue Reading Current late blight risk in Ontario field tomatoes: June 20, 2019
Our numbers are changing, but we aren’t going anywhere! Over the coming weeks, many OMAFRA staff will be getting rid… Continue Reading OMAFRA Vegetable Crop Specialists
Dennis Van Dyk – Vegetable Crop Specialist – OMAFRAZach Telfer – IPM Program Coordinator – University of GuelphAlexandra Stinson –… Continue Reading Update on Carrot Weevil Research from the University of Guelph
The 2019 Supplement to Publication 838 – Vegetable Crop Protection Guide is now available online in a searchable, filterable and… Continue Reading NEW – Publication 838 – Vegetable Crop Protection Supplement now available online
Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist – Horticulture Dave Bilyea, Weed Management – Horticulture, University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus The… Continue Reading Weeds to Watch: Invasive Pigweeds – Waterhemp and Palmer Amaranth
As consumers become more aware of the different tastes and culinary uses of unique garlic types, the demand for specific… Continue Reading Garlic Cultivar Trial 2017-2018 Results
With the damage caused by pepper weevil in 2016 and 2017 still fresh our minds, growers are on alert for… Continue Reading Pepper Weevil or Pepper Maggot?
Temperature – All regions have accumulated more degree days than the 10-year average. A hot first half of July kept
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency recently announced that it will be cancelling the use of the group M3 chemicals… Continue Reading Late Blight Control in Tomatoes: The Loss of Mancozeb