Canola Watch 2024 Exam – Section 1

The January Canola Digest magazine had articles from four agronomist, with their tips to help farmers achieve higher yield and higher profits from the same land base. Alberta agronomist Dale Fedoruk provided four tips on timing, scouting, cultivar selection and what else?

The March 13 Canola Watch Questions of the Month included a comment on recent snow fall and the soil moisture situation on the Prairies. How did Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with AAFC’s National Agroclimate Information Service in Regina, refer to early March snowfall?

The May 8 Canola Watch quiz asks: If the Brown soil moisture probe shown in this photo goes three feet (36”) into loamy sand soil, approximately how many inches of available moisture is in that soil?

A new Canola Watch Fundamentals article provides “10 tips to improve canola yield in dry conditions.” One tips is to follow a balanced nutrition program. It includes this line: Recent research from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada shows that ________ can improve results in drought conditions. (Fill in the blank.)

The June 19 Canola Watch quiz showed yellowing canola leaves and asked for the cause of the damage. One answer was possibly potassium defiency, but the agronomist didn’t know for sure. The quiz answer details note that potassium deficiency is more likely to show up in cereals first, and in ______________. (Fill in the blank)

The July 3 Canola Watch Questions of the Week had a section on boron. It includes this statement: Boron deficiencies are not that common on the Prairies, but can occur in light soils with low organic matter, __________________________. (Fill in the blank.)

The July 24 Canola Watch Questions of the Week had a heading on pale canola flowers. What does the post say is the most common reason for pale canola flowers?

The July 17 Canola Watch Questions of the Week had a heading on missing pods. Of the following known causes of missing pods, what does the paragraph specify can have “a severe effect on the fertility of flowers and pod formation.”

The July 17 Canola Watch quiz included this image and question: This is a classic example of what nutrient deficiency? (Note: These symptoms tend to show up during temporary periods of excess moisture.)