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Growers still have time to top up nitrogen and sulphur to take advantage of higher yield potential. Nitrogen should be applied before the 5-leaf stage to provide a strong economic benefit. Sulphur can be applied up to bolting…
Canola Watch Posts
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Sclerotinia spores will be everywhere this year after widespread infection across the Prairies last year. If fields are moist at the time of flowering, and canola has yield potential of 35 bu./ac. or more, then it will probably pay to spray a fungicide to limit sclerotinia losses. The message this week is to consider the threat and budget for action… -
Cereal crops in rotation provide canola growers will another opportunity to control cleavers, volunteer canola and other tough weeds to reduce the threat to next year’s canola. Volunteer canola control also reduces build up of clubroot and blackleg inoculum…
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Flea beetle spraying continues in Manitoba where crops are advancing slowly due to excess rain and limited warmth. Redbacked cutworms are still causing severe damage in southern Alberta. Some sprayed fields need to be reseeded…
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Cleaning out the sprayer protects a sensitive crop, it protects people working with the sprayer, and it protects the sprayer and its components. The following article by AAFC's Tom Wolf provides some handy tips…
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Here are a few key tips to lure you in: Spraying at the right time is more important than how you do it. Choose a herbicide that can handle large droplets. Keep your boom low. Read on for more tips and details… -
Weed control is top of mind for most growers. Many will finish their first in-crop herbicide pass this week, weather permitting. Insects are a close second to weeds. Flea beetles……
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Peace (B.C. and Alberta): The entire region could do with an inch of rain and some heat. Many fields have spotty emergence, and with cool, dry weather, many canola crops……
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Spraying has been required in pockets all across the Prairies, particularly for redbacked cutworms in the Peace region, central Alberta around Vermilion and Vegreville, and west central Saskatchewan. Flea beetles have been sprayed on early-seeded and slow developing canola. And the Peace region has grasshoppers eating fields already…