Category: Canola

Tyler Groeneveld, Omega 9 Marketing Manager, Dow AgroSciences discusses the comparison of Canola oil and soybean oil.  Tyler also talks about dow’s Nexera Omega 9 oil and why it makes sense for processors, food companies and health conscious consumers.FIND OTHE EPISODES OF THE CANOLA SCHOOLIf you cannot see the below embedded video, Click Here Other… Read More

This is appearing to be a difficult year to try and execute on a marketing plan that you can have conviction in.  Between the late crop, uncertain yields, carry out numbers being questionable and fluctuating basis levels, farmers are really having their marketing plans tested.  Even the most experienced analysts are questioning what is the… Read More

Canola research continues to receive a lot of attention from the breeding programs around the world. In Canada canola is a very important crop for seed companies, processors and most of all farmers. Due to the fact canola is an accepted biotech crop in Canada researchers are working very diligently to increase the traits available… Read More

Recently the Canola Council of Canada hosted a combine clinic to help growers optimize the settings of their machines.  Throw-over loss seems to be more of a serious issue than many growers want to discuss or admit.In this weeks episode of the Canola School we put together a single video getting commentary from four different… Read More

When selling your crop more buyers bidding is always better.  Adding another high capacity crushing plant to the mix is a great step to one allow for a further expansion of acres and more competition for farmers canola crops.In this episode of the canola school, LDM Foods President, Brian Conn talks about the new crushing… Read More

The lygus bug is a pest that continues to be a problem for farmers in the west.  The need to scout the bug is from bolting on through the crop cycle.  The lygus bug can cause significant yield loss and damage to the canola plant.  In the early flowering period it can be easy to… Read More

One thing this wet spring has taught most of the western Canadian farmers is that maybe canola growers are leaving way too much canola in the field to grow as volunteer the next crop year.  Canola volunteers have been very prevalent in the field and one of the ways that this can be minimized is… Read More

As if the Western Canadian canola fields have not had enough challenges this year but now we also have to deal with the presence of the diamondback moth.  The diamondback moth is really causing havoc this season in comparison to prior years.In this episode of the Canola School, I speak to University of Alberta, Associate Professor in… Read More

As we begin to look ahead to the rest of the canola growing season, many challenges continue to face the grower. This is being looked at as one of the most challenges seasons to date. Instead of looking backwards I thought that it would be fruitful to engage a discussion on the rest of the… Read More

The canola crop that has emerged is quite variable in height which is causing significant challenges in trying to control unwanted weeds. This year the ideal scenarios never seem to be playing out which requires farmers to weigh all the positives and negatives to all situations. This is a year where there is give and… Read More