Flea Beetle out Break!!

[SASKFARMER3]

Seems since they years ago got rid of
Lindane the problem keeps coming back.
Bugs Bugs bugs. Well any one who seeded
Canola in our area the second week of
May is going to have to spray. Cupped
leaves holes in leaves etc. To early for
Liberty so another time over the fields.
RR guys can do a half liter rate now and
decis.
AH fun times.
Market Issues United States: lindane
is not approved for canola and no
tolerance has been set.
The US is the number one oil and meal
market for Canadian canola worth over
$800 million per year. Lindane for
canola was voluntarily removed by the
manufacturers because it is not approved
in the U.S. and could become a trade
irritant.
Let me get this strait we quit using a
superior product because the US wont buy
our Meal. How the hell do they think the
seed still has lindane in it. Used in
spring grew a crop crush crop and then
cant sell the by product because the USA
thinks it can make it from ground to
seed. Yea thats based on BS science.
So we continue to have shit that doesnt
work and other bugs are now getting
worse.

[furrowtickler]

They were very active last week here. But seed treatments did there job. Yes lots of bite marks but thats a given with the way seed treatments work now. Very little activity the past few days. Alittle concerning at first but seed treatments worked. Damage was higher than normalb/c of very high populations. We all have been warned of high flea beatle presures since last fall. We sprayed matador with r/up on first app just as insurance and to control any cutworms. Just part of spray program now. Liberty, no dig deal, you have to spray grass out anyway, just throw in matador then.
Why decis? Matador is much safer to work with.

[jamesb]

we are seeing some diamond backs too. have to spray 1 quarter now but i'm hoping to do most at herbicide time. We are going to have to keep scouting !!

[nicolaas]

seed treatment only guaranteed to work for 15 days after planting. It usually takes 7-10 days for germination and emergence to occur due to the coating. Seed treatment pretty much useless. Have sprayed matador and such for years now - extra 4-$6 bucks total cost/acre. Just a money grab by the industry. Bring back lindane.

[dave4441]

The issue was totally a trade irritant and at the time i beleive 50% of our canola exports where to the USA. Their growers could have used the issue to kill the industry. Lindane is extensively used in other crops and the US risk cup was full. You are correct SF3, this one was BS and i have to wonder, with the construction of Canadian crush capacity, if this issue as a trade irritant is not much less today.

Lindane repelled flea beetles, new generation requires actual biting into leaf.

[wd9]

Canola on canola on canola on canola....

Seed treatments don't work well on the
stripe flea beetle btw.

[oliver990]

in our area anything treated with Helix Xtra seems to have bit better protection

[Horse]

All this chemical is it sustanable . And is it going to bite us in the ass someday.
I usedto have a bluebird trail of about 20 nest boxes with mabey half being used say 10 yr ago this and last yr have no nesting and only a few tree swalows using the open nests.
I cant seem to grow turnips or cabbage ,spinach radishes that used to grow like weeds since the big push to canola there is so many bugs that seem to be of newer types, white butterflys cutworms ect. And the scary part is I dont live in a large canola area so dont know how bad it is in the yellow areas of the province (alta). I think it is time to reevaluate the current farming practices.
And yes I know you wont be able to farm all those thousands of acres without monsanto but mabey thats not a bad thing.

[parsley]

Wood ticks hnt me down. I'm a tick-magnet.
Can't believe the number if ticks I had on me
today. Lots of dragon flies. Lots of spiders this
year. And ant hills! I declared war on the ants.
More than usual. Hardly any moles. A bear
spotted at White Bear Lake. Lots of lady slippers.
And unbelievably huge bumble bees. Pars

[JDGreen]

yes parsley yes.. Same here.. And the amount of frogs is mind boggling. They say frogs are first to feel the effects of all chemical use, yet i've never seen or heard so many.

[food4u]

Daughter was checking fence today and was
remarking about the number of Monarch
butterflies along a carrigana tree row.

[Hopperbin]

Had a dragon fly flying around my cab today. I was so lonely I held him for 2 hours. He got back out cause I left the door open.

[Hopperbin]

Horse seriously I have never had a dragon fly in my cab before. Pretty sure it is not common. Is that some sort of chemical thingy?

[Hopperbin]

Its pretty early for dragon flies. Must be something to do with chemical , most of all monsanto

[sawfly]

what happened to the moles this year.
not that it hurts my feelings , esp. in peas.
did that cold snap in feb. with no snow freeze kill them.
sprayed about 1/2 canola with matador.
seemed one area had em and another didn't.
wire worms in every scoop every where.
on the bright side the better land is solid earth worms, 2-3-4 per 2 inch wide
scoop