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Questions of the Week
June 12, 2024
Seeding date
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Questions of the Week
May 29, 2024
Seed well under time pressure | Tackle weeds now | Bugs to watch for | Grasshoppers incoming…
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Questions of the Week
May 1, 2024
How early is too early for seeding? | How to get ahead of weeds? | Cost of harrowing? | Why on-farm trial?…
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How to work through the reseeding decision
May 29, 2019
An established canola stand with as few as 1-2 plants per square foot generally has higher economic potential than a crop reseeded late. But reseeding can make sense if…
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How late is too late to seed canola?
May 25, 2017
Factors in this decision are maturity of the variety, average date of first fall frost, crop insurance deadlines and profit potential of alternative crops…
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Insurance deadlines and last-frost dates
May 17, 2017
AFSC in Alberta has extended its recommended seeding date deadlines for yield and quality coverage to June 5 for Argentine canola and June 15 for Polish canola. The original deadline was May 31. Yield-only insurance deadline is still June 20. Read more. For seeding deadlines in Saskatchewan contact your local SCIC office. Find office contacts and more information here. Seeding…
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An objective view on seeding dates
May 3, 2017
Many areas of the Prairies — particularly central and north regions — are at least one to two weeks away from seeding. This would put seeding at mid to late May. Those dates are still good for yield potential and are within crop insurance deadlines…
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Common questions for wet and unharvested acres
May 3, 2017
CCC agronomists are getting three common questions with regard to wet fields and unharvested. They are: 1. What if I plant canola on canola acres that are still not harvested? 2. What can we expect for seed mortality in excessively wet soils? 3. What to do about ruts?…
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By May, soil temperature less important for seeding decisions
May 3, 2017
By early May, soil temperature at 1” depth — the canola seed zone — often exceeds this temperature during the day and should get continually warmer with each day. For this reason, soil temperature in May is less of a factor in the seeding-start decision than it would be in April…