As soybean harvest approaches, some growers may be noticing a low yielding, yellow portion of their crop. Several diseases or health issues may be the culprit, but there is one that can make or break your soybean crops: Soybean Cyst Nematodes (SCN). In this week’s edition of Growing Possibilities, we will discuss the significant impact […]
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As autumn harvest continues, planning and seeding of winter crops is starting. A popular winter crop in both Canada and the US is winter peas. If this is your first time planting them you may be asking: how are they different from spring peas? And how should I plan for a winter pea crop? In […]
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As harvesters rolling many of you will be planning for winter cereal crops and seeding it soon. It is also time to ask yourself: How should I treat my winter crop differently than my spring crop? In this week’s edition of Growing Possibilities, we will be examining some of the important factors to consider when […]
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When thinking about seeding your pulse or soybean crop, and the multitude of crop inputs available for them, you may be asking yourself: Do I need an inoculant this year? And if I choose to use one, when and how should I be applying it? In this week’s edition of Growing Possibilities, we will be […]
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We recently crossed a major milestone here at XiteBio Technologies Inc. – Ten years as a company. What began as a small, ag-biotech company has grown into a substantial presence in the crop input market in Canada and the USA, with our eco-friendly products and biological expertise setting us apart in the world of biologicals […]
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As the season progresses and legume crops start seed formation, pests become a bigger issue at the forefront of growers’ minds. Today we are going to discuss one of the most prevalent pests in North American legume crops: Pea Aphids, and answer the question: What can be done to stop them limiting your yields? Pea […]
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As the middle of the growing season approaches, it comes time to check crops for disease and pests, and to check your legume crops for nodulation. This week on Growing Possibilities we will be discussing nodulation, with a focus on soybeans. What is nodulation? How do I check for it? What can I do if […]
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Last week on Growing Possibilities we discussed the yield-limiting canola disease Sclerotinia Stem Rot. This week, we are continuing with this theme of canola disease and discussing what is likely the most destructive disease North American canola growers have to worry about: Clubroot. Clubroot is caused by the soil-borne pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae, which colonizes canola […]
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As the cropping season moves along we are starting to see flowering in many crops, and with flowering comes the presence of pests and diseases. Whether it’s on Twitter or in Research publications, the problem of Sclerotinia Stem Rot is on Canola growers’ minds right now. This is one of the most destructive diseases in […]
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Fusarium Head blight (FHB) is a fungal infection caused by species in the Fusarium genus of fungi and has been one of the most economically costly diseases in cereal production in North America since the 1990s. Between 1993 and 2001, FHB caused an estimated loss of $2 billion USD in the USA and an estimated […]
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