Category Archives: Crop Scouting

Week in Review- June 30, 2012

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We may look back on a nice week where crops accelerated at an amazing pace.

Alfalfa first cut should be off by about now. Later cut parcels will have higher AFD levels, test your feed. Check for Alfalfa weevil and spray as needed.

Most cereal crops are in the flag leaf stage. We need to decide if we are spraying or not! Irrigated crops are very lush and most subject to leaf disease.

Canola crops are flowering right now. Bug pressure is substantial, scout often. Sclerotinia pressure has been very high in the last few years. Not spraying is NOT an option.

All crops need IRRIGATION right now, monitor your water. NO we did NOT get too much rain. Drill a few holes and turn that pivot ON.

We have been blessed this week,

May your bushels be BIG…..

 

Chinook Crop Care Ltd per

Jack Feenstra CCA

 

 

Weed of the Week: Wild Oats

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Common Name: Wild Oats

Latin Name: Grass Poaceae

Wild Oats are an annual weed that can be found in crop land, hay fields and irrigation. Unlike grasses, wild oats have a counter clockwise twist to the leaves. Other easily distinguishable features include a tall, membranous lingual, and an easy to recognize seed when uprooted.

When mature, the inflorescence (flowering part of the plant) is very large and often seen waving above the crop canopy. The seeds vary color from beige to black, and they are usually hairy, especially around the base. All wild oat seeds have a large ‘sucker mouth’ and bent awn.

From Amanda Homans, Agronomist with McRae Holdings.