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Canola Watch quiz: CPT seed decision tool
The team that brings you the Canola Performance Trials has released a new booklet that compiles data from 2011 to 2016. This quiz provides a good introduction to that useful…
Latest Issue | November 13 2024, Issue 27
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Seed: What traits do you need?
When choosing canola hybrids for 2018, think through the yield, quality and profit achieved over the past few years and consider what factors may have reduced overall profitability. Add notes… -
Biosecurity and clubroot: How it spreads
Here are the main ways that clubroot spreads, in order from most to least spores:… -
Early fall soil tests and fertilizer applications
Some growers are already doing soil tests and making fall fertilizer applications. While this may not be the ideal timing for soil tests of fertilizer applications (closer to freeze up… -
Weeds: Late September, early October for perennials
Perennials such as thistles and dandelions are best controlled from mid-September to early October. Waiting at least a month after cutting will increase the target leaf area, but later dates… -
Blackleg scouting in the fall
If you missed the swath-timing window to check canola stems for blackleg, you still have lots of time to look for blackleg pseudothecia on old canola stem pieces in fields… -
Seeds ready but still green
This time of year, seed in standing canola can sit for a long time at firm-to-roll stages (which are basically mature) without turning colour, especially if moisture is adequate and… -
Slow harvest and storage risk
When harvest is slowed by rainy, cool days, combining often occurs in short spurts. In those spurts, the first and last loads of the day are often tough. This can… -
CGC Harvest Sample Program provides quality report
The Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program is a voluntary program for Canadian grain producers. If you sign up, you will receive a Harvest Sample kit annually that contains envelopes……
