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• • 2018 – Issue 16

  July 17, 2018

  • Harvest other

  New combine optimization tool at canolacalculator.ca

  The combine optimization tool, developed by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) for www.canolacalculator.ca, will help farmers set the combine to keep losses as low as possible while finding a…

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• • 2018 – Issue 16
  • 2018 – Issue 17

  July 17, 2018

  Canola bins cannot have malathion residue

  Never use malathion to prepare canola for storage or treat bins in which you plan to store canola. Malathion residue can linger in bins for up to six months after…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  Canola Watch quiz – Clubroot

  Test your clubroot skills with these four questions…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  Map of the Week – High lows

  The area of Western Manitoba where CCC agronomy specialist Justine Cornelsen lives had a low(!) of 24°C on July 7, the day represented in this map from AAFC's Agroclimate Information…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  • Insects

  Insect update: Bertha, diamondback and weevil counts

  Insect trap counts are generally low across the Prairies, but bertha counts keep rising. Here are the latest provincial survey results…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  • Insects

  Diamondback moth parasitoid in high numbers

  Entomologists were excited to find a known diamondback moth parasitoid, the 2mm-long Diolcogaster claritibia wasp, at very high numbers in Alberta canola fields over the past couple of weeks…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  What’s going on with the roots?

  Take a random look at a few canola roots in each field to see what's going on. Also dig up the root area for plants that look less than healthy…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  Hail at flowering. Can the crop recover?

  In light hail, canola can sometimes over-compensate and produce even higher yield. In serious hail situations where entire flowering branches are knocked off, plants that are still actively flowering can…

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• • 2018 - Issue 15

  July 11, 2018

  Most popular article from last week

  Manitoba: Sclerotinia stem rot: Timeline for infection Saskatchewan: Sclerotinia stem rot: Timeline for infection Alberta: Map of the Week – Cabbage seedpod weevil counts…

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