The spread of clubroot in Alberta, including the Peace, and confirmation in Districts 9A and 9B in Saskatchewan has increased the number of clubroot updates conducted over the winter. Many of these events are still upcoming and will feature presentations from CCC agronomy specialists. Read about these and more…
Canola Watch Posts
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Canola events for March and beyond…
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Winter is not the time to apply fertilizer. If logistics make it difficult to apply all nutrients around seeding time, the next best option is fall banding. Floating fertilizer over the snow is rarely a positive practice and the risk to farm accounts (from lost fertilizer investment) and the farm environment are just too great…
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UCC field-scale trials in 2016 and 2017 compared the farmer’s base nitrogen rate with a rate 25% higher. With all site years averaged, adding extra nitrogen did provide a statistically significant yield response, but the increased nitrogen did not always provide an economic return when compared to the base rate…
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Estimates are for another rise in canola acres in 2018. This will add further short- and long-term yield and agronomy pressure on fields that are already in tight rotations…
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A reader from southeast of Saskatoon emailed this question: I had a field with bertha armyworms on the perimeter in 2017. Numbers were not quite enough to reach spray thresholds, but very close. (I likely should have sprayed the perimeter.) My plans are to seed the field next to it to canola this year. Will this second field likely have…