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This year's Canola Discovery Forum (CDF), October 22-23 in Banff, Alberta, takes a deep dive into canola stand establishment challenges and opportunities, with perspectives from seed companies, producers, equipment manufacturers and academia. One of our panels features representatives from Vaderstad, John Deere and Bourgault who will highlight the research and development efforts their companies are making to improve canola stand…
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Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) recently studied air movement through a 25,000-bushel bin. With canola, they found that a standard, single phase 10-hp centrifugal fan could not push air through……
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Fall is a good time to control perennial and winter annual weeds, but spraying immediately after harvest may not provide the best results. Before spraying, identify the weeds present. Are they perennials? Winter annuals? Annuals? Clubroot hosts?…
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Dry conditions throughout the summer and heading into winter could have ramifications for field management decisions this fall and rotation planning for next year…
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Whether taking a soil sample or applying fall fertilizer, mid September is generally considered to be too early for both…
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Alberta: Frost hits canola: What do you do? Saskatchewan: Frost hits canola: What do you do? Manitoba: Frost forecast and swath timing…
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Default to waiting. Don’t make a snap decision to swath. Before taking any harvest action, start with this sequence…
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Predicting sclerotinia stem rot severity is difficult. This quiz is a review of management decisions for 2018, including a specific look at DNA petal tests. Please take a minute to do this quick survey…
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General frost areas for the morning of September 4, the morning we sent out the frost action alert…