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This week's quiz focuses on variety comparison data from the Canola Performance Trials…
Canola Watch Posts
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This maps shows the highs for Tuesday, September 16. Click here to see the original on the WeatherFarm site. With temperatures into the mid to high 20s for the Western Prairies, some canola could go into the bin hot. This may be hard to believe, given that many of these same areas had a big dump of snow last week,… -
This has been a common question after last week’s heavy frost. Growers wonder whether frost-damaged canola should be swathed or left standing for straight combining. By now, any pod splitting or pod drop due to tissue damage from the heavy frost has probably happened. This usually starts within a day of the frost event. If the crop is still sound,… -
Canola fields flattened by snow last week are unlikely to spring back. If they’re still flat, they’ll be staying flat. There is no easy way to harvest this crop, but these tips may help… -
Growers are showing new energy in harvest loss management this week, sparked in large part by Angela Brackenreed’s excellent cover article in the September 2014 issue of Canola Digest. Read it here… -
Canola Performance Trials for this year are still being measured and harvested, but growers wanting to make seed decisions now can go to www.canolaperformancetrials.ca. Small and large plot results for 2013, 2012 and 2011 are available… -
Insect threats are minimal at this stage of the season, but if you have late fields and an insect hot spot — say for bertha armyworm — the options are limited… -
Foxtail barley is one weed that seems to be on the rise. Foxtail barley is best controlled in the fall, using glyphosate to manage perennial bunches and late germinating seedlings. Be aggressive with fall glyphosate rates. Tillage also works well on foxtail barley, but if you have to use tillage, spot till the patches only… -
Alberta has started an intense survey to check fields for clubroot pathotype 5x, which is able to overcome all forms of resistance on the market today. The survey will focus on suspicious patches in fields that were grown to an R-rated canola variety. Growers and agronomist who spot suspicious patches in a resistant variety, can contact their County Ag Fieldman…