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How many days delayed am I going to be with straight combining versus swathing? It depends on your expectation of “ready". This article describes three scenarios…
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Measure combine losses and then make adjustments to limit those losses. This puts more canola in the bin and reduces the volunteer canola seedbank in your fields…
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Late season hail can damage pods and increase the shattering risk for those pods. Before jumping the gun and swathing too early, take these decision-making steps…
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Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Ian Epp and Alberta farmer Melissa Damiani help host Jay Whetter describe timely tips to produce a clean canola crop for export. Find all the tips at keepingitclean.ca…
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Canola grower organizations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta encourage farmers and agronomists to do more field testing… -
You see plants ripening prematurely. Why are they doing that? To answer that question accurately requires a few scouting steps…
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Once canola plants are swathed, the seed does not continue to fill. Seed that is swathed before accumulating its full complement of oil and protein will not accumulate any more after swathing, resulting in potential yield loss… -
Around 60 per cent seed colour change (swath timing) is the best time to scout for blackleg as the basal cankers, which cause significant yield loss, are easy to see. Check fields – even if growing resistant (R) rated hybrids. An R rating is not immunity and does not tell much about if it will be effective against the races… -
Numbers for August-emerging flea beetles have to be very high — perhaps 100 per plant — before economic losses occur. Some patches might be that high…