Category: Canola School

Other Episodes: Canola School: On-board chemical storage, direct injection saves rinses and critical time at sprayingCanola School: Sclerotinia doesn’t disappear in dry cyclesCanola School: From cotyledons to cutworms — scouting for a strong startCanola School: Managing verticillium stripe before it manages youCanola School: Turning last year’s cereal into this year’s successCanola School: Key decisions for… Read More

7 to 10 plants per square foot is still the target plant population when seeding canola. That hasn’t changed, but some of the practices used and the way we think about achieving an ideal plant stand might need to be re-evaluated.For example, research has shown that stand establishment is generally higher with a lower seeding speed, so there’s… Read More

Other Episodes: Canola School: On-board chemical storage, direct injection saves rinses and critical time at sprayingCanola School: Sclerotinia doesn’t disappear in dry cyclesCanola School: From cotyledons to cutworms — scouting for a strong startCanola School: Managing verticillium stripe before it manages youCanola School: Turning last year’s cereal into this year’s successCanola School: Key decisions for… Read More

We’ve focused a lot of attention on the site over this year’s unusual growing conditions, and we’ve heard a lot of producers comment on surprising yields at harvest.“We went through May and June with record drought in many parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan,” says Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Murray Hartman in the following video, “and… Read More

In recent years, the conversation around harvest management has heated up, with the inclusion of a debate that centres around straight cutting versus swathing. But, says RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney, “debate is the wrong word.”“We get trapped into this all or nothing scenario — it’s sort of like tillage versus no-till — right? You’re either one or you’re the… Read More

While the lower value of the Canadian dollar is supporting prices, canola values are still caught in a global oilseed market weighed down by heavy supplies.“It’s a bit of a mixed bag for canola, within the context of a lot of negative things,” explains Shaun Wildman, Regina-based senior trader with Seaboard Corp, in this Canola… Read More

Visible clubroot symptoms were first identified in a canola field in Alberta in 2003. It has since spread through much of the province, and by the end of 2014, it was present in 30 municipalities and into neighbouring provinces. It was also that year, that a pathotype of the disease observed the year earlier was confirmed… Read More

It’s certainly not a disease you want to find in your fields, but if you do, there are good reasons to talk about it — specifically, report it — says Michael Harding, research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.“If it’s the first time clubroot’s been found in the field, by reporting it, you can get help…. Read More

According to speakers at last week’s Canola Galla in Penhold, AB, a single gram of soil (roughly the size of a Smartie) can contain hundreds — if not thousands or even millions — of resting clubroot spores. And, those resting spores can survive up to 20 years in the soil, spreading by catching rides on wind, water,… Read More

While you’re in the field checking canola to see if it’s ready to be cut, or perhaps already swathing or harvesting it, it’s also a good time to assess the toll disease took on your crop.Sclerotinia, blackleg and clubroot can all cause premature ripening, as disease symptoms become more obvious at the end of the season, explains… Read More