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Station 5: Potassium, Boron and Calcium
For every 5 pounds of nitrogen a canola plant takes up, it needs 4 pounds of potassium. Most Prairie soils still have adequate potassium reserves, but tight canola rotations and…
Latest Issue | November 13 2024, Issue 27
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Station 6: Canola diseases
Seed treatments are, for the most part, very effective against canola seedling diseases fusarium, pythium and rhizoctonia. But plant pathologists expect that continued tight canola rotations will select for seedling… -
Station 7: Diagnostic tips
The key messages from this station: —Keep an open mind when scouting a field for problems. Symptoms can have many causes, and it can be a costly mistake to jump… -
Set up the ideal storage system for canola
What is the ideal bin for canola? How do I know when to start the fans and shut them off? Do I need bin monitoring cables? Is my aeration fan… -
Topics for the month
Dry conditions concerning. Consider soil moisture reserves when setting yield targets and fertilizer rates for 2012. A lot can change between now and seeding, and growers have “never lost a…… -
Trade show season brings out the novel products
Canola plants, like any other plant, need many different nutrients and rely on naturally-occurring hormones to grow and produce a good yield. Limitation on any of these may reduce yield… -
Warm spells put stored canola at risk
With a warm winter, the central core of a bin may not freeze. It may take just a few warm days to get canola core temperatures rising again. A stretch… -
Will we have any winterkill of insects?
In general, overwintering mortality is not a major factor in reducing insect populations, but we know of a few important exceptions:… -
Tips from excess moisture meetings
Nutrient carryover is a common question from growers with unseeded acres. The standard answer is: Nitrogen is always variable throughout a field, and after a wet year without a crop,…
