This year started off with rain, rain and more rain resulting in a late seeding season. Pea acres were down due to this, with fear of root rot and a delayed harvest. Despite the challenges, the crop still all made it in the ground!
We saw great success with Voraxor, a new pre-burn product from BASF, in front of peas. It provided extended control of many of our common broadleaf weeds, leaving fields weed free well into in-crop herbicide application timing.
Flea beetle pressure was high again this year, affecting canola from cotyledon until late vegetative stages. We also saw a couple incidents of cutworms early in the season.
