Category: Crop Protection

Cooking onions in a field

by Travis Cranmer April 18, 2023

Crop Protection Featured Minor Use

Tank Mixing Update – Implications for Users of Pest Control Products

By: Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator (OMAFRA) with input from Jason Deveau, Application Technology Specialist (OMAFRA) Health Canada’s Pest Management… Continue Reading Tank Mixing Update – Implications for Users of Pest Control Products

Bacterial brown spot on snap beans

by Travis Cranmer April 5, 2023 0

Crop Protection Featured

Clearing the Cobwebs on Copper

By: Katie Goldenhar, Horticulture Pathologist, OMAFRA Do you really know how copper fungicides work? With so many on the market,… Continue Reading Clearing the Cobwebs on Copper

Sterile onion maggot flies that have been dyed pink

by Travis Cranmer April 3, 2023 0

Featured Insecticides Insects Onions ONveg in The Grower

Onion maggot management without chlorpyrifos

Over the past 5 years, sterile onion maggot flies have been released at several onion fields in Ontario to see… Continue Reading Onion maggot management without chlorpyrifos

drone spraying in front of a Rogator self-propelled sprayer

by Dennis Van Dyk March 13, 2023 0

Crop Protection Pest Management Vegetables

Spraying Pesticides by Drone in Canada

By: Jason Deveau, Application Technology Specialist, OMAFRA In Canada, the use Remote Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS; hereafter referred to as… Continue Reading Spraying Pesticides by Drone in Canada

Chives

by Travis Cranmer November 1, 2022 0

Alliums Insecticides Minor Use

Oberon miticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Two-Spotted Spider Mite on Crop Subgroup 3-07B (Green Onion subgroup)

Oberon® miticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Two-Spotted Spider Mite on Crop Subgroup 3-07B (Green Onion… Continue Reading Oberon miticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Two-Spotted Spider Mite on Crop Subgroup 3-07B (Green Onion subgroup)

Leek

by Travis Cranmer October 31, 2022 0

Alliums Herbicides Minor Use Specialty Root Vegetables

SELECT Herbicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage labelled weeds in Rutabaga, Green Onion, and Leeks

By Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a… Continue Reading SELECT Herbicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage labelled weeds in Rutabaga, Green Onion, and Leeks

green onion

by Travis Cranmer October 29, 2022 0

Alliums Fungicides Minor Use

RIDOMIL GOLD 480 SL® Fungicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage downy mildew on green onions

By Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor… Continue Reading RIDOMIL GOLD 480 SL® Fungicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage downy mildew on green onions

garlic field

by Travis Cranmer October 28, 2022 1

Alliums Garlic Insecticides Minor Use Onions

EXIREL Insecticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Allium leaf miner on Allium Bulb Vegetables

By Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA Note: Allium leafminer has not been detected in Canada. This label expansion was… Continue Reading EXIREL Insecticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Allium leaf miner on Allium Bulb Vegetables

Lettuce

by Travis Cranmer September 9, 2022 0

Crop Protection Insecticides Leafy Vegetables Minor Use

PURESPRAY GREEN spray oil label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage aphids on Leafy Vegetables and Wasabi in Canada

By Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor… Continue Reading PURESPRAY GREEN spray oil label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage aphids on Leafy Vegetables and Wasabi in Canada

Empty Pesticide Containers

by Travis Cranmer September 7, 2022 0

Alliums Asparagus Brassica Vegetables Carrot Cucurbits Events Fungicides Herbicides Insecticides Leafy Vegetables Legume Vegetables Peppers Potato Specialty Root Vegetables Sweet Corn Tomatoes

Clean Farms 2022 Unwanted Pesticide Disposal

Safely dispose of unwanted or obsolete agricultural pesticides. Cleanfarms Ontario is offering free disposal of unwanted pesticides. Please consider this… Continue Reading Clean Farms 2022 Unwanted Pesticide Disposal