Agronomic Publications

Popular Publications

• Grower's Manual
• Canola Production Tips Booklet
• Canola Growers Decision Support System CD-ROM
• Full Listing of Publications

Seed & Stand Establishment

• Air Drill Diagnostic Workshop 2006
• Early Seeding Tips
• Estimated Canola Plant Populations Under Various Seeding Conditions
• Factors Affecting Canola Survival from Seeding to 21 Days after Emergence
• Factors that Affect Canola Germination, Seed and Seedling Vigour
• Managing Poor Plant Stands in Canola
• Plant Populations for Profitability
• Using Canola Seed Vigour Tests
• When to Seed
• Need an online calculator to help determine the correct seeding rate? Click one of the following links and enter the required information in the boxes provided.
  • Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Seeding Rate Calculator
  • Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Seeding Rate Calculator

Environmental Stress Factors

• Early Fall Frost! Now What?
• Tips for Assessing Spring Frost Damage in Canola
• Missing Pods or Blanks on the Main Stem! What Could be the Cause?
• Understanding the Maturing Canola Seed and the Impact of Frost

Fertility

• Understanding Soil Test Recommendations
• Fertilizer Placement
• Nitrogen Fertilizer for Canola
• Elemental Sulphur
• Fertilizing Hybrids

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• Canola Facts: Sustainable Production Through Integrated Pest Management
• IPM Fact Sheets
• Weed Control
  • Controlling Weeds in Canola
  • Ecology and Maintenance of Volunteer Canola
  • How Many Weeds are Too Many?
  • Recognizing Herbicide Residue and Drift Injury in Canola
  • Timing of Weed Control
• Disease and Insect Management
  • Canola Disease Identification and Sclerotinia Risk Assessment Card
  • Need information on clubroot? Click Here
  • Controlling Cutworms
  • Insect ID Card
  • Insects in Your Stored Canola?
  • Wondering what insect thresholds to use with higher canola prices this year? With help from entomologists across the prairies Canola Council has some recommendations . 
    • Canola_Insect_Thresholds_Update_Summer_2008.pdf

Harvest Management & Storage

• Straight Combining Success Depends on Many Variables
• Time of Swathing Guide

Research

• Canola Agronomic Research Programs (CARP)
• Canola Production Centre (CPC) Reports
  • Canola Production Centre Summary
  • 2004 Ontario Report
  • 2004 Minnesota Report
  • 2003 Minnesota Report
  • 2002 Report
  • 2001 Report
  • 2000 Report
  • 1999 Report
  • 1998 Report
• Other Canola Related Research (Including Pest Management Surveys)
  • Poor Stand Establishment Survey Form
  • Disease Surveys
    • Canadian Phytopathological Society
  • Prairie Insect Risk Maps
    • Bertha Armyworm
    • Cabbage Seedpod Weevil
    • Grasshoppers
  • Apothecia Research Summary 2005
  • Agronomic and Economic Assessment of Transgenic Canola
  • Field Crop Entomology Research 2006
  • Herbicide Tolerant Volunteer Canola Management in Subsequent Crops
  • Normal Canola Seed Maturation

Canola Digest

• Canola Digest - Official publication of Canada's canola growers

Links

• Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
• Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
• Reduced Tillage Linkages
• Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization
• Suppliers and Contacts