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• • 2016 - Issue 7

  Tips for pre-seed burnoff ahead of canola

  May 4, 2016

  • Pre-seed burnoff
  • Weeds

  

  Products approved for use ahead of canola are: –glyphosate –bromoxynil in a tank mix with glyphosate –Aim (carfentrazone) in a tank mix with glyphosate
 –CleanStart (carfentrazone and glyphosate)
 –clomazone in a tank mix with glyphosate –Conquer (bromoxynil and carfentrazone) in a tank mix with glyphosate…

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• • 2016 - Issue 7

  Questions about quinclorac?

  May 4, 2016

  • Weeds

  Are you are a grower who sprayed quinclorac on canola during the 2015 growing season and is now looking for a place to sell your grain? If so, be sure to ask your local elevator or processing facility if you can deliver to them, and if not, which elevators or facilities in your area may still take it…

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• • 2016 - Issue 7

  Dry soil: Seed now or wait?

  May 4, 2016

  • Plant establishment
  • Seeding date

  

  If the choice is to seed canola now into dry soil or wait until after it rains, seeding into dry soil is a workable option…

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• • 2016 - Issue 7

  Flea beetles feeding on volunteers

  May 4, 2016

  • Flea beetle
  • Insects

  

  Warm weather has meant an earlier emergence of overwintering adult flea beetles. Given that flea beetles will be active when canola emerges, growers will want to pay attention in the few weeks after emergence to see how seed treatment protection holds up and whether additional sprays are warranted…

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• • 2016 - Issue 7

  Top 10 reasons to think reduced tillage

  May 4, 2016

  • Plant establishment
  • Plant establishment other

  

  Here are 10 things to keep in mind when facing the decision to till or not:…

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• • 2016 - Issue 7

  Seed quality standards

  May 4, 2016

  • Plant establishment
  • Plant establishment other

  

  No.1 canola must have 90% germination or better at the time of sale. The seller is responsible to make sure seed complies with the grade on the tag. Growers can ask for the latest seed analysis when they pick up their seed…

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