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Harvest is a great time to assess the incidence and severity of canola diseases, an important step in management for next year. Post-swathing disease scouting is possible but results are not as accurate as pre-swath scouting…
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Yes, keep going. The recommendation to wait at least 4-6 hours after a frost to assess the extent of frost damage only applies to canola that was not quite ready to swath. If you were already swathing or were going to swath a crop that day, there is no benefit to waiting…
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Have you seen patterns like this? Potassium in swathed crop is mobile and if several rainfall events fall on the swath before combining, potassium will bleed out below the swath. Since a six-foot swath contains all the straw from a 30-foot or wider cut, the K is concentrated. K-loving crops following canola can find sufficient K below the swath, but… -
Moist conditions mean more soil clinging to machinery wheels. This increases the risk of moving clubroot as well as weed seeds and insect pupae around the farm. With the discovery of a potential new clubroot pathotype, growers will want to take time to sanitize equipment between fields…
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Are you up to speed on the basics of safe canola storage? Take the quiz to find out… -
Storage risk is reduced significantly when canola moisture is 8% or lower and temperature is 15°C or lower. Turn on the fans to cool that hot canola… -
Read more for paragraphs on: Early swathing leaves yield on the table Swathing ahead of a frost forecast Cut timing must meet pre-harvest intervals How to tell when uneven crop is ready to swath? Sun-scalded pods may not be mature… -
Canola growers often lose 2 bu./ac. out the back of the combine, and losses can easily reach 5 bu./ac. if the combine is pushed beyond its threshing capacity. Every combine will have a sweet spot where the settings and ground speed are just right for the conditions and losses are within the acceptable range of 0.5-1 bu./ac… -
Verticillium wilt was found in a canola field in Manitoba in 2014, and a survey of approximately 1,000 fields across Canada is underway this summer and fall…