MSc. Biologist with @AAFC_Canada Looking for bugs so you don’t have to! (he/him)
Joined April 2009
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
May 26
Prairie Pest Monitoring Network’s Insect of the Week: Flea Beetles
Visit prairiepest.ca/insect-of-the… for scouting tips on #FleaBeetles, as well as #Cutworms & #WireWorms.
Start scouting daily for flea beetle damage in canola fields at emergence!
*PPMN is supported by SaskOilseeds.
#SkAg #Canola #IntegratedPestManagement #Plant26
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
May 20
Starting to see cutworm?
Make sure you're also looking out for its predators!
Check out the Field Guide to identify the pests and predators in your field: fieldheroes.ca/fieldguide/
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
May 20
More rainfall in the grey and moist black soil zones resulted in lower Lygus abundance on faba bean canadianagronomist.ca/lygus-… research from Sean Prager U of S @USaskEnt
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Apr 29
New episode alert!
Insect Management Specialist, Amanda Jorgensen, explains how surveillance programs track pests like bertha armyworm, diamondback moth, wheat midge, and grasshoppers.
Listen in and learn how to interpret survey maps here:
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Apr 21
Are you planting or monitoring a #wheat field this season? Join #midgebusters by requesting a pheromone trap, and share your counts! @SaskWheat @SeCan docs.google.com/forms/d/1QIH…
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Mar 28
Name the pest and stay focused on thresholds for the highest ROI.
📰@realagriculture
realagriculture.com/2026/03/…
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
A recent article from Agriview magazine reviews results from several insect surveys that took place in 2025 with populations varying significantly depending on the insect species surveyed.
Read more: saskatchewan.ca/business/agr…
#SaskAG #Agriview
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Feb 26
Scouting turns uncertainty into confidence, protects return on investment and keeps prairie farms resilient in unpredictable seasons. Read the article below on why it remains one of the highest value practices in today’s cropping systems.
Learn more: saskatchewan.ca/business/agr…
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Jan 22
AAFC Lacombe Research and Development Centre is being shut down as a result of government budget cuts.
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Jan 21
Yorkton & area- TOMORROW is the @SaskWheat Coffee Shop Talk event in Yorkton. Check out the video below and link for details to register. See you there!
Jan 21
UPCOMING COFFEE SHOP TALKS EVENTS IN THE NEW YEAR:
Yorkton - Jan. 22
Eatonia - Jan. 26
White City - Mar. 6
Prince Albert - Mar. 10
Humboldt - Mar 12
Sign up today!
saskwheat.ca/event-series/co…
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Jan 19
What's bugging your canola? Join John on Jan. 20 at #AgDays26 as he discusses how to identify and to monitor for insect pests of canola and your control options. Learn more at bit.ly/4qBIKAP.
ALT Grasshoppers on leaves. Man with a insect on his hand. Caption: Weevil be fine: review of insects bugging Manitoba canola farmers with John Gavloski. Entomologist FCC Theatre.
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Jan 15
Want to hear the latest on insects and crop diseases in the province? Our provincial specialists will be discussing what was seen in 2025 on the Pest Update Webinar, January 27. Register today and gain Certified Crop Advisor credits! bit.ly/4qjOks2
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
Field Crop Entomologist @TylerWist1 is conducting wheat midge surveys across Western Canada to discover locations where midge tolerance in wheat is growing.
Learn more about this Wheat Cluster project: ow.ly/nOV050XGybA
#cdnwheat #cdnag #wheatresearch
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
17 Dec 2025
UPCOMING COFFEE SHOP TALKS EVENTS IN THE NEW YEAR:
Yorkton - Jan. 22
Eatonia - Jan. 26
White City - Mar. 6
Prince Albert - Mar. 10
Sign up today!
saskwheat.ca/event-series/co…
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
8 Dec 2025
Have you found insects in your stored grain?
Correct identification is the first step to determining the most appropriate control method.
Learn more: grainscanada.gc.ca/en/grain-…
#SaskAg
ALT Grain bins lined up in the winter with a blue sky.
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
1 Dec 2025
🌾 🦗 📢 Do you use the FHB Risk Maps, Prairie Pest Monitoring Network or Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network?
Your input matters! Take the 2025 Agronomy Resources Survey to help shape future research & funding.
👉 surveymonkey.ca/r/AgronomyRe…
#PrairieAg #SaskAg #AgResearch
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
2 Dec 2025
The 2025 Wheat Stem Sawfly Map is out now!
Although some significant occurrences of cutting were found in the Regina region and Southwest, sawfly cutting was less prevalent overall in 2025 than in 2024. Higher levels of parasitism and dead sawfly larvae were noted.
Read more and view the map:
saskwheat.ca/wheat-stem-sawf…
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
2 Dec 2025
Thank you also to our hard working survey team and the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network.
2 Dec 2025
Wondering what the insect survey results for 2025 are?
You can check them here!
alberta.ca/alberta-insect-pe…
Wheat Midge, wheat stem sawfly, Bertha, pea leaf weevil, cabbage seed pod weevil & grasshopper.
Big thank you to Ag Fieldmen, Crop Consultants, Farmers 1/2
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
2 Dec 2025
Wondering what the insect survey results for 2025 are?
You can check them here!
alberta.ca/alberta-insect-pe…
Wheat Midge, wheat stem sawfly, Bertha, pea leaf weevil, cabbage seed pod weevil & grasshopper.
Big thank you to Ag Fieldmen, Crop Consultants, Farmers 1/2
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Dylan Sjølie retweeted
1 Dec 2025
🌾 2025 Grasshopper Survey Map Now Live!
Explore the latest survey results to identify potential grasshopper hot spots:
saskatchewan.ca/business/agr…
#SaskAg
ALT 2025 Grasshopper Survey map graphic with the text “Populations in Saskatchewan” and “View and download the map”
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