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Driven to produce the best science-based knowledge to inform critical grower management decisions, this program has included field scale trials on nitrogen rates, seeding rates, bioinoculants, seed-placed fertilizer, phosphorus source and cover cropping for flea beetle management topics.
Project Summary
As explained on Manitoba Canola Growers’ website, the Canola On-Farm Research Program was launched by the Manitoba Canola Growers in 2022 to help farmers across the province fill the gap between traditional research results and the farm level experience. The program aims to provide applied, transferable research results to farmers to allow for the adoption of new and improved production practices by evaluating performance across a wide range of growing regions and farm operations in Manitoba.
The program objectives listed on the Manitoba Canola Growers website are to:
- Test new and improved applied production practices on a wide range of locations and environmental conditions across Manitoba to help better understand the probability of response and the economic impacts.
- Tackle research questions that cannot fully be evaluated in small plot and greenhouse research, such as precision ag methods and equipment optimization.
- Collaborate with research partners to ensure meaningful interpretation of on-farm trial results.
- Bridge the gap between traditional research results and on-farm adoption of new and improved production practices.
More information on the program and its partners is on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ website.
Research trials
To date, this program has run the following trials focused on:
- Nitrogen rates (2022-2025) – learn more on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ webpage
- Seeding rates (2022-2025) – learn more on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ webpage
- Bioinoculants (2022) – learn more on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ webpage
- Seed-placed fertilizer (2023-2026) – learn more on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ webpage
- Phosphorus source (2024) – learn more on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ webpage
- Cover cropping for flea beetle management (2024-2026) – learn more on the Manitoba Canola Growers’ webpage
Annual program reports
The canola on-farm research program has produced the following annual reports:
