Beaverlodge IPM Lab @BeaverlodgeIPM
Documenting the hard work of the Integrated Pest Management lab in Beaverlodge, AB. Account managed by Shelby Dufton. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Joined May 2023-
Tweets25
-
Followers75
-
Following141
-
Likes5
That's a wrap folks! 🏁 A picture is worth a thousand words... Or a thousand fields?! (1100+!) A HUGE thank you for everyone who provided fields! We ended up surveying just over 10%, sweeping #120 this evening! We will be processing samples over the next weeks! Stay tuned!
Watch out BC Peace - we're coming to sweep! We'll also be sending teams out to Deadwood, Hotchkiss, Manning, Fairview, Rio Grande, Elmworth, and Huallen
Incredibly high grasshoppers south of Cleardale - make sure you get out and scout! Seeing mainly bruner's and two-stripe with some meadow 🦗 Also higher densities near Worsley, Hines Creek, and Peace Grove
They'll never call us mellow yellow! We are going far today, our teams will be sweeping in: Fairview, Cleardale, Worsley, Manning, La Crete, Teepee Creek, and Sexsmith
Where in the world is Beaverlodge IPM? Today we are out in Tangent, Belloy, Teepee Creek, Spirit River, Sexsmith, Valhalla and Hythe. Look for our pink shirts in the canola!
GRASSHOPPERS. There are beneficial insects that help control the grasshoppers in your field 🪲 VS 🦗. 🔌 by @westerngrains 🎙️ : @shaunhaney at @realagriculture with @dr_tansey #westcdnag Make sure you're not spending money you don't have to from spraying. ⬇️
#2023canolasurvey schedule! Please be aware that locations may change with weather and growth staging. 04Jul: Eaglesham/Peace River/McLennan/Guy/Whitemud 05-06Jul: Manning/Ft. Vermilion/Sexsmith/Blueberry Mountain/Fairview 07Jul: BC Peace/Elmworth/Rio Grande
Coming soon to a field near you! Look for bright pink shirts in your canola - that is our crew hard at work! Thank you to everyone that has provided us fields for the survey! We're starting with Eaglesham / Peace River / McLennan / High Prairie / Whitemud / Debolt today.
We will be outstanding in your fields starting next week! Still want us to survey your land? It's not too late! Contact Shelby Dufton: 780-882-9478 - [email protected] What else will we be collecting in your field? Find out here: insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/20-yea…
Yellow there! Is this thing on? 🎤 883 fields - but we want MORE! Growing canola between #Fairview and #Grimshaw? #BCPeace? E of #GrandePrairie? #Valleyview? Call / Text / Email Shelby Dufton: 780-882-9478, [email protected] #2023canolasurvey drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold…
We are using a permission-based model for entering fields for the first time for our #2023canolasurvey! Hear from Beaverlodge IPM Technician, Amanda Jorgensen, about our traditional survey model and how this will effect our survey! insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/20-yea…
PhD student at the University of Alberta, Jacey Toerper, has created a producer survey to collect data on the adoption of winter wheat and ultra-early seeding of spring wheat across the Canadian Prairies. Follow the link below to fill out the survey! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
We cover a huge area during the survey and see so many amazing things! Hear from a #canolasurvey pro, long-time student and term-technician Aarika Harpe about what it's like! insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/20-yea…
MIND THE GAP! We still have some gaps in coverage for our #2023canolasurvey We are looking for canola in the #peaceriverregion but especially in: #highlevel, #wanham, #grimshaw, #teepeecreek, #worsley, #silvervalley, #valleyview, and #bcpeace More info: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold…
Cabbage seedpod weevil may not be in the Peace River region yet, but lygus bugs sure are! One of the main target pests for the #2023canolasurvey is lygus bugs. Want to learn more? Check out our blogs latest post: insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/2023-c…
What's it like conducting our #canolasurvey? I think it's pretty great but don't take my word for it. Read our latest blog post by returning student, Maddy Jones, and her experience with last year's 2022 #canolasurvey! insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/20-yea…
What are we looking for during the #2023canolasurvey? The cabbage seedpod weevil! It hasn't made its way to the Peace River region yet but we are on the lookout every year! 👀 Want to learn more about this insect pest? Check out our blog's latest post: insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/2023-c…
Clubroot concerns? We do our utmost to prevent the spread of clubroot during our routine fieldwork and out on survey! Check out our strict biosecurity protocol here: insectpestmanagement.blogspot.com/2023/06/biosec…
Lucille @elliott96lucill
201 Followers 3K Following
Carrie Webb @CarrieWebb45677
13 Followers 832 Following
Tatiana Knapp @TatianaKna28075
11 Followers 810 Following
Vivienne Ji @vivienne83287
77 Followers 1K Following Challenge to increase the number of fans by more than 1,000 within one month.
Kari Sable @kari_sable21863
69 Followers 3K Following
Joyce @joyce98portillo
153 Followers 3K Following
Odin Luna @OdinLuna390031
124 Followers 3K Following
FP Genetics @FPGenetics
2K Followers 846 Following Dedicated to providing superior seed genetics to Western Canadian farmers with an industry-leading portfolio of trusted varieties. #farmingwins
Cristina Barnes @BarnesCris76359
124 Followers 3K Following
Margaret @ramon90margaret
217 Followers 3K Following
Ella @ella64rittenhou
185 Followers 3K Following
Arash Kheirodin @arkheirodin
72 Followers 114 Following Assistant Professor of Controlled Environment Entomology. Texas A&M. Research interests: Landscape Ecology, IPM, Biological control, and molecular Ecology.
Cass| Knowledge Trans.. @casdaysinthesun
345 Followers 561 Following Agvocate 🌾 Knowledge Transfer Specialist @AAFC_Canada ➡️My views are my own.
Chrystal Honkanen @Chebb01
143 Followers 293 Following
Arianne Bos @BosArianne
194 Followers 627 Following Peace Region farmer. Passionate about agriculture. The great outdoors is where I love to be. Crop Inputs Representative
Sheila Wolfe @wheatmidge
428 Followers 1K Following Co-owner of The Purple Berry Orchard. Mother of four, dog lover, baker / pie maker, bug dork, and AAFC employee. Oh and lovely wife of @pborchard!
Jennifer Otani @bugs5132
717 Followers 239 Following Personal account for my own observations and opinions. Prairie Pest Monitoring Network: #PPMN
Haley Catton @haleycatton
1K Followers 944 Following AAFC crop entomologist, still learning lots, Blue Bomber fan (yay 2019 & 2021!). Opinions are my own, not necessarily my employer's.
Gregory Sekulic @SekulicGregory
2K Followers 294 Following CropLife Australia: Director of Agricultural Chemical Policy. Conservationist, Adventure Junkie, and probable Hero.
Kevin Floate @FloateKevin
623 Followers 291 Following Insect ecologist and author of "Cow patty critters" (Google the title to download your free copy). Tweets are mine; not those of my employer.
Stacie Yaremko @stacie_yaremko
735 Followers 2K Following Agronomist and beginner farmer in the Peace Country. U of A Aggie and Ceres alum.
Van Rootselaar Anthon.. @AnthonyVanRoot1
257 Followers 278 Following Agricultural producer, real estate and energy investor. Martial Arts instructor and lover of the outdoors. Reeve MD of Spirit River.
Kristen Guelly @GuellyKristen
196 Followers 339 Following Graduate student at the University of Alberta
North Peace Applied R.. @extensionnpara
105 Followers 93 Following The North Peace Applied Research Association (NPARA) is a non-profit, producer-driven, organization that conducts applied agricultural research and extension.
Emma Stephens @ecstephensAg
59 Followers 146 Following Bio-economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge. Research interests: sustainable agriculture, food security. All opinions and views my own. She/her.
Dezene Huber 🌻 @docdez
2K Followers 1K Following 🪳 PhD 🪲Professor 🪰 Insect ecologist @UNBC 🐝 co-EiC @CanEntomologist 🐛 Section Editor @thePeerJ 🐞 EiC J. @EntSocBC 🦋 Views my own, feel free to agree.🐜
Charles Geddes @charlesmgeddes
2K Followers 934 Following AAFC Weed Scientist, dad, husband, farm boy. Interested in herbicide-resistant plants, weed ecology, cropping systems & IWM. Opinions & tweets are my own.
Matt Horseman @Matt_Horseman
165 Followers 161 Following
Entomol. Soc. BC @EntSocBC
2K Followers 196 Following The Entomological Society of British Columbia serves professional entomologists, amateurs, educators all those with interest in entomology in BC and elsewhere.
Andre Harpe @andiharpe
296 Followers 570 Following
Entomological Society.. @EntSocAlberta
55 Followers 34 Following A society that promotes the knowledge of insects in the Province of Alberta
Allison La Liberte @LaliberteAlly
571 Followers 617 Following Living the best life I can in the beautiful Peace Country. Farm wife. Mom. Glamma. Volleyball & UK dance mom. Ehlers-Danlos zebra. Eternal optimist!
Antonia Musso, PhD @robotonia
392 Followers 387 Following Postdoc at uAlberta (she/her) - mountain pine beetle ecology - cats, podcasts, punk rock, and horror - learning to code (slowly) - occasionally funny
Rob Greer @RobGree47819737
383 Followers 2K Following
Rebecca Newman @RebeccaNewman21
456 Followers 839 Following U of G Kemptville 13’| Olds College 15’| BaSc Agbusiness| Peace Region| Technical Service Specialist BASF| All tweets are my own|
Natalie LaForest @NatalieLaFores1
49 Followers 112 Following A https://t.co/TWNrpWpNd8 Student at UAlberta | Woman in Ag
Shelley Barkley 🐞�.. @Megarhyssa
2K Followers 818 Following Be proud of what you have accomplished, it reflects your value more than your job ever will. Tweets are mine; not those of my employer.
Keith Gabert @gabertccc
1K Followers 606 Following Canola Council Agronomist - Central Alberta South
Nora Paulovich @Nora_Paulovich
576 Followers 314 Following Loving farming with the family - crops & cows. Passionate about Soil Health, Regen Ag & 4-H. Manager of North Peace Applied Research Ass'n for 15 years.
Bernie McClean @bcmcclean
1K Followers 1K Following Grain & Oilseed producer, Past Saskcanola, CCGA & CCC Director. Agricultural agronomy and research my passion! Tweets are my own😎
GrainsWest @GrainsWest
3K Followers 3K Following The award-winning magazine of @AlbertaGrains. Connecting farmers, food and ideas! Questions/comments/tips? [email protected]
Dr. Asha Wijerathna (.. @AshaWijerathna
167 Followers 254 Following Post doc at University of Alberta. Insect behaviour, physiology and IPM
Peace Soil Works @PeaceSoilWorks
68 Followers 178 Following Soil health focused agribusiness in the peace country of Western Canada. Regenerating Soils - Restoring Bio Diversity - Increasing Profits.
Jenn Retzlaff @ASCA_Research
105 Followers 208 Following Sharing updates from my role as research manager for the Alfalfa Seed Commission of Alberta. Visit the ASCA website for more updates and information.
Gregory Sekulic @SekulicGregory
2K Followers 294 Following CropLife Australia: Director of Agricultural Chemical Policy. Conservationist, Adventure Junkie, and probable Hero.
Stacie Yaremko @stacie_yaremko
735 Followers 2K Following Agronomist and beginner farmer in the Peace Country. U of A Aggie and Ceres alum.
Van Rootselaar Anthon.. @AnthonyVanRoot1
257 Followers 278 Following Agricultural producer, real estate and energy investor. Martial Arts instructor and lover of the outdoors. Reeve MD of Spirit River.
Kristen Guelly @GuellyKristen
196 Followers 339 Following Graduate student at the University of Alberta
Lauren Comin🌾🏔�.. @TheComino
1K Followers 824 Following Seed and Innovation Policy. Advocate for ag research, innovation and women in STEAM🧬🔬🧫. Mom 👩👦👦. PhD👩🔬. PAg🌾.neuro✨.-she/her-Tweets are my own-
Prestville Farms Ltd @PrestvilleFarm
941 Followers 342 Following "Seed for Success". We are proud to offer the best Canterra, FP Genetics, SeCan and Syngenta varieties along with all major seed treatments.
ESC Students @ESC_Students
880 Followers 346 Following The Student Affairs Committee of the Entomological Society of Canada, promoting the research of Canadian Entomology students
RDAR (Results Driven .. @RDARAlberta
2K Followers 231 Following RDAR is a non-profit organization supporting producer-led research in Alberta’s agriculture industry. #ABAg
North Peace Applied R.. @extensionnpara
105 Followers 93 Following The North Peace Applied Research Association (NPARA) is a non-profit, producer-driven, organization that conducts applied agricultural research and extension.
Emma Stephens @ecstephensAg
59 Followers 146 Following Bio-economist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge. Research interests: sustainable agriculture, food security. All opinions and views my own. She/her.
Jacey Toerper @JaceyToerper
20 Followers 32 Following U of A Ag Student. I love agriculture and learning about it. 🌱🌾🚜
Charles Geddes @charlesmgeddes
2K Followers 934 Following AAFC Weed Scientist, dad, husband, farm boy. Interested in herbicide-resistant plants, weed ecology, cropping systems & IWM. Opinions & tweets are my own.
Dezene Huber 🌻 @docdez
2K Followers 1K Following 🪳 PhD 🪲Professor 🪰 Insect ecologist @UNBC 🐝 co-EiC @CanEntomologist 🐛 Section Editor @thePeerJ 🐞 EiC J. @EntSocBC 🦋 Views my own, feel free to agree.🐜
Mark Pellerin @MarkPellerin73
278 Followers 404 Following
Boucher Ag @BoucherAG
303 Followers 340 Following 4th Generation grain farmer. cropping spring wheat, barley, canola and yellow peas.
Rob Greer @RobGree47819737
383 Followers 2K Following
District of Taylor @DistrictTaylor
337 Followers 286 Following District of Taylor, BC, Mayor & Council serve with pride and commitment, Village on a Diet, open for business, *Where Peace and Prosperity Meet*!
Antonia Musso, PhD @robotonia
392 Followers 387 Following Postdoc at uAlberta (she/her) - mountain pine beetle ecology - cats, podcasts, punk rock, and horror - learning to code (slowly) - occasionally funny
Brenton Schoorlemmer @BSchoorlemmer
1K Followers 419 Following Peace Country grain farmer. Polar AG LTD, Lakeland college farm tech graduate
The Fairview Post @thefairviewpost
676 Followers 434 Following The one-stop source for all news in the Fairview, Alberta area, as well as all over the western Peace River Region.
City of Dawson Creek @citydawsoncreek
1K Followers 131 Following Welcome to Dawson Creek – where history meets opportunity, and where every journey begins anew.
City of Fort St. John @fortstjohn
4K Followers 236 Following Fort St. John, located on the world-famous Alaska Highway, is BC’s best-kept secret.
AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada
51K Followers 131 Following Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Terms of Use: https://t.co/Hj5IIAhkMz Français: @AAC_Canada
Alberta-British Colum.. @abcseedgrowers
1K Followers 706 Following Representing seed growers in Alberta and British Columbia, proudly bringing new plant genetics to the agriculture industry.
Mackenzie Research @Farmnorthof58
554 Followers 284 Following A not-for-profit producer-directed society committed to advancing agriculture through adaptive applied research and extension in Alberta's north
Rebecca Newman @RebeccaNewman21
456 Followers 839 Following U of G Kemptville 13’| Olds College 15’| BaSc Agbusiness| Peace Region| Technical Service Specialist BASF| All tweets are my own|
BC Grain Producers @BCGPA
136 Followers 107 Following The BC Grain Producers Association is comprised of grain and oilseed producers from BC. The BCGPA does field-scale research with the help of local producers!
Peace Country Beef & .. @PCBFA
1K Followers 813 Following A not-for-profit, extension & applied research association focusing on beef & forage production in the AB Peace; 'Strengthening agriculture, one farm at a time’
Dr. James Tansey @dr_tansey
258 Followers 23 Following Provincial Entomologist, Saskatchewan. Tweets are my own
Entomol. Soc. BC @EntSocBC
2K Followers 196 Following The Entomological Society of British Columbia serves professional entomologists, amateurs, educators all those with interest in entomology in BC and elsewhere.
Saskatchewan Forage @saskforage
2K Followers 840 Following Foraging ahead through science, innovation and collaboration.
Schoorlemmer Seeds Lt.. @SchoorlemmerS
291 Followers 114 Following Independent agricultural retail in Rycroft, Alberta. 🌽🌾
Allison La Liberte @LaliberteAlly
571 Followers 617 Following Living the best life I can in the beautiful Peace Country. Farm wife. Mom. Glamma. Volleyball & UK dance mom. Ehlers-Danlos zebra. Eternal optimist!
Bernie McClean @bcmcclean
1K Followers 1K Following Grain & Oilseed producer, Past Saskcanola, CCGA & CCC Director. Agricultural agronomy and research my passion! Tweets are my own😎
AFIN @AFIN_INFO
665 Followers 1K Following AB Forage Industry Network, champions research, education & extension, fostering communication between industry, governments & public for forages and grasslands
CFGA_ACPF @CFGA_ACPF
1K Followers 689 Following Providing a national voice for all Canadians who produce hay and forage products.
Nora Paulovich @Nora_Paulovich
576 Followers 314 Following Loving farming with the family - crops & cows. Passionate about Soil Health, Regen Ag & 4-H. Manager of North Peace Applied Research Ass'n for 15 years.
Big Lakes County @BigLakesCounty
214 Followers 144 Following Welcome to the official Big Lakes County Twitter Page. Follow us to stay connected to what is going on in the county! #GoBigLakes
Andre Harpe @andiharpe
296 Followers 570 Following
Rural Municipalities .. @RuralMA
5K Followers 2K Following For more than 100 years, we've made it our mission to ensure the interests of rural Alberta municipalities are effectively represented.
GrainsWest @GrainsWest
3K Followers 3K Following The award-winning magazine of @AlbertaGrains. Connecting farmers, food and ideas! Questions/comments/tips? [email protected]
Dr. Asha Wijerathna (.. @AshaWijerathna
167 Followers 254 Following Post doc at University of Alberta. Insect behaviour, physiology and IPM
Entomological Society.. @EntSocAlberta
55 Followers 34 Following A society that promotes the knowledge of insects in the Province of Alberta
Wheat Growers @wheatgrowers
6K Followers 4K Following The Wheat Growers Association exists to be a voice for Canadian farmers at a time when agriculture is increasingly under threat from domestic and global trends
AB Pulse Growers @AlbertaPulse
8K Followers 1K Following APG supports Alberta pulse crop (lentils, beans, chickpeas, and peas) growers in part by spreading the good word about pulses. Tweets from RP and DM.
Peace Soil Works @PeaceSoilWorks
68 Followers 178 Following Soil health focused agribusiness in the peace country of Western Canada. Regenerating Soils - Restoring Bio Diversity - Increasing Profits.Next year it will be tee shirts like @BeaverlodgeIPM #maybenotneonpinkthough
This sign on my truck has been brilliant! Thanks to @dr_tansey & SK Ag for suggestion. Farmers are happy when they stop & ask what I’m finding. conversations often wonder off into cows, offers of other fields or offers for beer.
@BeaverlodgeIPM Excellent work Team. You should be proud…
PhD student at the University of Alberta, Jacey Toerper, has created a producer survey to collect data on the adoption of winter wheat and ultra-early seeding of spring wheat across the Canadian Prairies. Follow the link below to fill out the survey! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
@BeaverlodgeIPM #abbugchat #abpestchat - Here's a survey we should get behind.
Peace Region farmers. Ag Cdn entomogists sweep about 120 canola fields in a whirlwind tour late June/early July. This acts as an early warning of pest issues. They'd like a vebal OK to enter, so pls e-mail [email protected] for info or to offer permission for field entry.
Trends for United States
You might like
