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Dormancy happens when a canola seed experiences unfavourable germination conditions and ‘decides’ not to invest in germination until a later date. This is the main contributing factor in the persistence of volunteer canola, which may not germinate for years after the seeds first fall to the ground…
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Step 1. Sample Collection The ideal time to pull and assess plants for blackleg infection is at 60% seed colour change, which is around swath timing. Plants should still be……
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Healthy-looking plants can still have galls that release millions, possibly billions of spores…
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Think how on the ball we could be with insect management if everyone shared their scouting results? We could see hot spots flare up early in very localized areas, providing a highly valuable alert to farmers within and beside those areas. Provincial entomologists tracking insect outbreaks would welcome your input…
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The Saskatchewan study will look for practical solutions to better manage wetlands in agricultural fields to (1) harness the agriculture benefits of the wetland while (2) minimizing producer losses…
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Combine settings can be a big factor in reducing canola losses during harvest. So how well do you know your combine and its best settings for canola harvest? And do……
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The Canola Council of Canada is working together with the Canada Grains Council to bring you the 2019 Canadian Crops Convention. This event combines the annual CCC Convention and CGC……
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It’s hard to believe, but some people still haven’t seen this amazing "Clubroot of Canola Disease Cycle" video…
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Extended moments of warmer weather in winter can increase air and moisture movement inside bins. Put a priority on canola with moisture above 8% or higher dockage or green seed levels, all of which were more common after harvest 2018…