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When scouting, pull plants. This photo shows blackleg stem cankers.
Canola, Crops

The sweet spot for fungicide use

Variety resistance and the level of disease pressure impacts fungicide effectiveness

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Early fungicide applications reduce blackleg severity when disease pressure is high and the varieties lack resistance, a researcher told delegates at the International Rapeseed Conference in Saskatoon. But fungicide has little effect when varieties are resistant or moderately resistant, he said. “We need to find kind of a sweet spot with fungicide use,” said Dr. […] Read more
Black discolouration in the stem’s cross section is a sign of blackleg.
Canola, Crops

Scouting for blackleg in canola

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The Canola Council of Canada recommends blackleg scouting a week or two before straight cutting or swathing. Don’t wait more than a week after harvest, the Council advises, or plants may be too decomposed to pick out symptoms. While scouting, pull plants and clip stems below ground level. Black discolouration in the stem’s cross section […] Read more
Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Weekly canola crush hits new record

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CNS Canada –– Canola oil is flowing freely in Western Canada, with domestic processors crushing more canola in a single week than ever before, according to the latest data from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA). The weekly canola crush hit 184,493 tonnes during the week ended Wednesday, which is more than 10,000 tonnes above […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs, buying back shares as sales fall

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Reuters — Monsanto, one of the world’s largest seed and agrichemical companies, said Wednesday that it was slashing 2,600 jobs and restructuring operations to cut costs in a slumping commodity market. The company, which said it expected low prices for agricultural products to squeeze results well into 2016, also reported a much wider quarterly loss […] Read more
The bronzing within the crop wasn’t occurring just in the low areas, but was happening on slopes and in higher areas of the field as well.
Canola, Crops

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Ailing canola crop a mystery

A Crop Advisor’s Solution from the September 30, 2014 issue of Grainews

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Last June I received a call from Bill, a grain farmer with 8,000 acres of barley, wheat and canola in Waskatenau, Alta. Bill had sprayed his canola crop with a herbicide before going away for a weekend of fishing. When he returned home, he was alarmed to see patches within the field with damaged, stunted […] Read more
(PortMetroVancouver.com)
Beef Cattle, Canola, Cereals, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Hogs, Markets

Dawson: Ag exporters applaud historic TPP deal

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Export-oriented Canadian farmers are giving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement reached in Atlanta on Monday two thumbs up. The deal, which remains to be debated in Canada’s House of Commons and could take more than a year to be ratified by all 12 member countries, will see tariffs on Canadian products in those markets eliminated […] Read more
(PortMetroVancouver.com)
Beef Cattle, Canola, Cereals, Dairy Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, General, Hogs, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

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Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The […] Read more

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