Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
J. MOSIONDZ, OMAFA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD), formerly known as the Pest Management Regulatory Agency… Continue Reading PYGANIC® Insecticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help various pests in CG 3-07 Bulb Vegetables in Canada
Over the past 7 years, two growers opted to release sterile flies as their onion maggot management strategy going forward… Continue Reading How Sterile Flies Crashed Onion Maggot Populations
The 2025 Muck Grower Information Days will be held at the Ontario Crops Research Centre – Bradford (Muck Station) on… Continue Reading 2025 Muck Grower Information Days
This will be the second growing season that Lorsban, or other chlorpyrifos products, will not be used to manage onion… Continue Reading Controlling Onion Maggot without Lorsban
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 – May 9th, 2024
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
The 2023 Muck Grower Information Days will be held April 5 and 6th at the Ontario Crops Research Centre –… Continue Reading 2023 Muck Grower Information Days
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
Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use… Continue Reading ELEVATE® Fungicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage botrytis leaf blight on onion
The 2022 Muck Conference will be virtual and held on Wednesday April 6 (carrots) and Thursday April 7 (onions) from… Continue Reading 2022 Muck Vegetable Growers Conference