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Harvest is a great time to assess the incidence and severity of canola diseases, an important step in management for next year…
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We know that tillage will spread clubroot as well as weed seeds and verticillium, but ruts can create headaches for combining, fall spraying and seeding next spring. Working wet fields can also cause compaction…
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Keep a look out for clubroot, and take care to slow the spread of soil away from these infested areas. This quiz gives you a few numbers to think about… -
Harvest delays due to soggy soils, frequent rains and even mist have canola growers wondering about risk to the crop and what, if anything, they can do reduce these risks. Really, the only approach is to wait out the weather. When fields are able to support the swather, decide then whether the staging suits swathing or straight combining. This article…
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When rain stops harvest progress, consider this job — "Do an end-of-season plant count" — and nine others outlined in this article… -
Ideally, growers will want to put canola on aeration as soon as it comes off the field. Cooling hot grain within the first 24 hours is important for safe long-term storage. Removing moisture that sweats from all canola — but especially tough canola (10-12% moisture) — is also important. Conditioning achieves both of these steps… -
Recent trends in the way farmers choose to harvest and store canola are raising questions about current safe-storage guidelines. Bins are getting larger, more farmers are leaving their canola stand to maturity for direct-cutting and, increasingly, farmers want the option to keep canola in the bin longer as a marketing tool… -
Listen to our new podcast: Clubroot overcoming R varieties Subscribe to our Canola Watch podcasts through iTunes and Google Play. More than 10 clubroot pathotypes have been identified in Alberta,…… -
CCC President Patti Miller (l) and MP Chrystia Freeland in China with canola from Freeland's father's farm in Alberta…