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Ultimate Canola Challenge will run fertilizer trials in 2018. The focus and protocols have not been finalized yet, but farmers interested in participating can email Nicole Philp at philpn@canolacouncil.org…
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Diversified crop rotations are known to help with insect and disease management. A two- or three-year break between canola crops will significantly reduce viable spore counts for clubroot and blackleg in particular, making rotation an import step in managing these diseases. Rotation will also improve crop yields in general… -
Manitoba Canola Growers ran a two-year trial comparing yield and quality for eight open-pollinated napus varieties as well as two hybrid checks (5440 and 45H29). Average yield for the eight varieties was 25% less than the checks. Two varieties tested are newly available Bounty Gold and Alfa Gold, bred at the University of Alberta. In the Manitoba trials, these yielded… -
Prairie Pest Monitoring Network (PPMN) regional maps for insect pests affecting canola are provided in this article… -
The Canola Council of Canada agronomy team held a mini canoLAB at the Alberta Canola booth during FarmTech in Edmonton last week. Three common conversation topics came up as farmers and agronomists visited the booth… -
Going to an auction sale this spring? Before bringing home a new machine, check that it's clean outside and in. Soil on used drills, combines and basically any field machinery could contain clubroot spores… -
Anyone who moves from field to field has a responsibility to reduce their risk of spreading clubroot (and other pests, including aphanomyces and noxious weed seeds). That means avoiding build up of soil on vehicles and boots and, if the vehicle or boots do get muddy, taking time to remove that mud before moving to another farm…
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As canola varieties sell out, canola growers can research alternative choices at canolaperformancetrials.ca. The website provides independent, third-party variety performance data from small plot and field scale trials across the Prairies… -
Of all the glyphosate applied in the pre-seed window in Western Canada in 2017, 73% was applied alone. Only 27% was tank mixed. That’s according to data Monsanto presented at meetings this winter. Tank mixing multiple modes of action is generally considered one of the best ways to avoid herbicide-resistance, so we want to see that tank-mixing number grow…