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Canola growers often lose 2 bu./ac. out the back of the combine, and losses can easily reach 5 bu./ac. if the combine is pushed beyond its threshing capacity. Every combine will have a sweet spot where the settings and ground speed are just right for the conditions and losses are within the acceptable range of 0.5-1 bu./ac…
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Verticillium wilt was found in a canola field in Manitoba in 2014, and a survey of approximately 1,000 fields across Canada is underway this summer and fall…
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Good residue management in the fall will help enhance drill performance, allowing for increased seed survival and an overall better field uniformity in the spring. Changing the angle of vanes on the back of the chopper will help with the width and uniformity of residue spread…
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Canola rarely has an issue with storage insects. Primary stored product insects such as rusty grain beetle, red flour beetle and saw-toothed grain beetle can occasionally be found in stored canola if cereal grain or weed seeds are mixed in with the canola. Mites can carry mold spores that can build up in warm and moist canola, contributing to heating…
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Many growers who have tried straight combining canola often see no clear advantage or disadvantage when it comes to yield. The value of eliminating the swathing step is enough for many, even if it means an added step to apply a harvest aid such as glyphosate, Heat or Reglone. This article looks at situations where swathing may still have an…
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While swathing or straight combining, keep an eye out for weed escapes. Unless they are an obvious sprayer miss or are weeds not well controlled under the herbicides used on the field, they could be herbicide resistant weed patches…
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Some growers are reporting high numbers of adult flea beetles. Adults emerge from pupae in late July and August and overwinter to feed on young canola seedlings the following spring. These same adults do feed now, but Julie Soroka and Larry Grenkow (Can. J. Plant Sci. 2012: 97-107) found that flea beetle feeding on canola in late-summer is rarely an…
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Usually the best response to a light frost is to leave the crop standing to mature fully and continue to clear green…
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As of today, the crop looks healthy, although grasshoppers still populate the headlands, and the crop is a little shorter than we’d like. A few flowers are still visible on……
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