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Too Dry, Just Right and Too Wet Relatively cool growing conditions prevailed again last week across most of western Canada. Overnight lows were cool with single digits with freezing temperatures……
2009 – Issue 15
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Crop development ranges from late bloom (70%) in the late and re-seeded fields to about 10 to 20% colour change in the earliest fields. The very earliest fields in southwestern……
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Hail was reported near Chaplin, SK last week. The hail damage from thunderstorms 10 days ago in Alberta has been quantified and one million acres of cropland are affected, with……
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Lygus populations continue to be monitored in the Peace Region of Alberta and BC and in southern Alberta. Populations are variable as many fields are exceeding economic thresholds (as much……
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The preharvest interval (PHI) refers to the number of days that the crop should not be harvested after applying a pesticide. Harvest in this context means cutting or swathing. If……
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At this time of year (as the canola crop finishes flowering and begins to pod), stressed or affected patches often appear within the field. These patches are usually most noticeable……
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During pod fill is a good time to assess yield potential leading up to harvest. The variable staging this year has not evened out and will require more management at……
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With the variable stages in this year’s canola crop, questions about the benefits of applying a pod sealant are surfacing. Pod sealants are relatively new to the Canadian marketplace and……
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Questions about swathing this year’s crop with low plant stands and shortened crop height are starting as the ability to anchor the swath to the stubble will likely be hampered.……