Canola growers in pockets across the Prairies are seeing a rise in bertha armyworm feeding. Check your fields, know the economic thresholds, and be mindful of bees when spraying…
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Cleaning out the sprayer protects a sensitive crop, it protects people working with the sprayer, and it protects the sprayer and its components. The following article by AAFC's Tom Wolf provides some handy tips…
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Here are a few key tips to lure you in: Spraying at the right time is more important than how you do it. Choose a herbicide that can handle large droplets. Keep your boom low. Read on for more tips and details… -
Small and vulnerable canola plants face many threats during their first three weeks. The crop may need your protection to get through these stages with its top-end yield potential intact. Canola growers are encouraged to walk their fields a couple times a week — or more — until plants are firmly established and growing strong…
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Scott Meers, the provincial entomologist for Alberta, provides an insect forecast for 2011 in this video provided by the Government of Alberta. Please click on the following link to access the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development video: http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/All/info13610…
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Watch CCC agronomy specialist Jim Bessel explain how to do a seed-colour change assessment…
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Consider potential herbicide carryover before seeding canola on any field…
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Given the rush to complete the seeding task, growers can't forget to scout their already emerged crop. Keep an eye out for cutworm damage…
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Lygus feeding at the bud stage is rarely an economic cost — unless the canola is under some other stress, such as drought. Stressed canola may not be able to compensate for lost buds the way a healthy crop can…
