In this Canola Research Hub video, Dr. Hector Carcamo, research analyst with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta, discusses common questions and research related to two common pests in…
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Canola Watch: One pass or two? | Scouting priorities
Canola Counts is a crowd-sourced survey that collects canola plant densities and emergence rates from fields across the Prairies. This podcast may be two years old, but it does a…
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The CCC Canola Calculator’s suite of online tools help minimize risk and maximize profit. In this video, former CCC agronomy specialist Autumn Barnes explains how to use the easy-to-use Canola Counts survey to…
Read moreCanola Watch: get tank mixing right | stay ahead of weeds | manage a stagey crop
In this short video, Brittany Hennig (Visscher), now Research Director with Alberta Canola, explains how to easily calculate plant density in emerging canola. This is a critical piece of information…
Read moreCanola Watch: herbicide pitfalls | blackleg fungicide now?
Scouting last year’s stubble to estimate this year’s risk of blackleg infection is more effective than looking on new seedlings. Blackleg will appear on last year’s stubble as black spots…
Read moreCanola Watch: insects this week | support emergence
Seed first or spray weeds? Juggling seeding and effective weed control is challenging. Where possible, opt for a pre-seed rather than pre-emergence burndown because: poor spraying conditions and the busyness of seeding…
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