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Crop Pest Update

In the latest Crop Pest Update, Manitoba Agriculture says some foliar insecticide applications for flea beetles in canola continued over the past week, although this seems to be coming to an end.
 
Cutworm control continues, but is also decreasing.
 
Grasshopper nymphs are present in high levels in some areas. Control around field edges has begun and some full fields have been sprayed for grasshoppers.
 
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