Default to waiting. Consider swathing after a frost only if a lot of the pods are damaged and shelling and pod drop could be high in the coming days. In this situation, putting crop into a swath may protect it somewhat from pod drop and shatter losses, but any yield potential from immature seed is likely lost.
Frost hits standing canola. What to do?
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