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Top dress — yes or no?
Two potential top dress situations are showing up in canola fields across the Prairies this week: 1. Excess moisture and poor nutrient availability. 2. Crop runs out of nutrients…
Latest Issue | November 13 2024, Issue 27
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Manage each field for its own conditions
Canola crops side by side can have different risk factors, and often do not require the same crop management for nutrients, weeds, insects and disease. Crop rotation, fertilizer rates, plant… -
Bee BMPs
Here are best management practices to be friendly with bees and beekeepers… -
Hold off on lygus at the bud stage
Insecticide to control lygus present at the bud stage of canola is rarely effective or economical, and there is no threshold for this stage. Under good growing conditions, canola can… -
Visit our Ultimate Canola Challenge sites
The CCC’s Ultimate Canola Challenge sites across the Prairies will be part of research field days this month, including Outlook tomorrow and Scott next Wednesday… -
Four the week
Better late than never? Herbicide spray windows are closing but some fields still have major weed issues. Does the yield risk from herbicide damage outweigh the yield benefit from zapping… -
Map of the week
This map from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada shows the regions where growing degree days (Base 7°C) have reached sufficient levels to trigger emergence of bertha armyworm adults from pupae. Adults… -
June 25 Quiz
What nutrient does this plant need? The quiz this week is about identifying and treated nutrient deficiencies… -
Late herbicide: Make a balanced decision
Late weed control significantly increases the yield loss from weed competition, and it can also damage canola plants. However, the yield and economic risks from a later in-crop spray could…
