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Tips for...Identifying storage risks, Drying tough and damp canola, Aeration in large bins…
Canola Watch Posts
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We know three causes for canola sprouting in the pod. This ‘precocious germination” can occur in these circumstances… -
The EU biofuel market represents a significant opportunity for Canadian canola. Canadian canola is already a qualified feedstock for use in EU biofuels thanks to the CCC’s past efforts, but exporters and growers need to be certified if they choose to take advantage of this opportunity…
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CCC agronomy specialists are seeing more verticillium stripe this year. Look for shredding of the outer stem tissue. As the stem’s outer skin peels back, you can see tiny black microsclerotia beneath the surface…
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Best time for... perennial weed spraying, disease surveys, swathing, straight combining and pre-harvest glyphosate/Reglone/Heat LQ,…
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Canola producers can lose up to five bushels per acre – perhaps even more – if the combine isn’t adjusted properly. Here are tips to measure combine losses and make adjustment to limit those losses, putting more canola in the bin and reducing the volunteer canola seedbank in your fields… -
Give your future seedbed a good start by managing residue this fall. Here’s how… Combine adjustments. Let the combine do the work to provide a thin even layer of residue.…… -
The general advice is to leave them. As annuals, frost and winter will kill off most of them, and any money spent trying to control these volunteers would be wasted. Possible exceptions that may change your approach…
