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Results from the 2014 Canola Performance Trials are being checked and approved for posting at www.canolaperformancetrials.ca and in the CPT 2014 booklet. Listen to a podcast on CPT 2014 with CCC agronomy specialist Warren Ward. In addition to CPT results, here are some other sources for variety performance information…
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The Canada Seeds Act requires that all certified seed meet minimum standards for germination on the day it’s sold. Whether seed is grown this year, last year or the year before that, certified No.1 canola must have 90% germination or better at the time of sale. Certified No.2 must have 80-89% germination. The seller is responsible to make sure seed…
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The Canola Council of Canada Convention is Banff March 3-5, 2015. Click the links for more details. Register here General information Speakers Why attend?…
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The November Canola Digest is in mailboxes this week. If you don’t receive the magazine, you can subscribe here or read the online version…
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This year's edition looks at best management practices for canola production and the science behind them. It also provides short summaries of the 16 current agronomy projects funded through Growing Forward 2 and 68 ongoing agronomy projects funded by provincial canola grower organizations. It will be in mailboxes later this month…
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Alberta Canola Producers Commission is at Agri-Trade in Red Deer this week. Find the ACPC booth in the Centrium, and meet ACPC staff and directors plus CCC agronomists. Greg Sekulic and Keith Gabert will be around the booth today and Thursday. Dan Orchard and Justine Cornelsen will be there Friday and Saturday. ACPC will also have 12 canola grower meetings…
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Green blues. By October, getting crop off becomes the priority. Green seed is unlikely to turn anymore unless a lot of moisture (snow?) comes, in which case harvest may be delayed until spring. Cool days, but hot bins. Canola binned hot will retain that heat for weeks and likely months, with the risk of storage losses rising with each passing…
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In August and September, growers may want to let canola cure longer hoping for the warm and moist conditions required to clear green from their canola seed. By October, getting the crop off becomes the priority. Green seed is unlikely to turn anymore unless a lot of moisture (snow?) comes, in which case harvest may be delayed until spring. When…
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Canola binned hot will retain that heat for weeks and likely months, with the risk of storage losses rising with each passing day. Growers who binned hot canola in September and August will want to check that the temperature has come down to a safe storage level of below 15°C. Putting hot canola on air or turning it on a…
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