Canola & Production Tips

This canola is at the rosette stage. The photo was taken on June 23 near Indian Head, Sask.

Are you limiting your canola’s potential?

First, choose a yield target. Then figure out how you can get your crop there

By Melanie Epp April 3, 2018

Fertility is the first thing that usually comes to mind when thinking about canola yield targets, but should it be? Deciding how you’re going to get there when you don’t know where you’re going is like putting the cart before the horse. Warren Ward, agronomist with the Canola Council of Canada, says growers need to […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Growing canola in a dry year

By Melanie Epp April 3, 2018

With last year’s dry weather and predictions that this year will be similar across much of the Prairies, there’s concern that this might not be the best year for canola. With moisture levels are already low, and coming out of a year where crops did well by using what was available in the soil profile, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks support amid bearish signals

By GFM Network News March 28, 2018

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts appear to be tilting to the downside as they enter the Easter break, and will likely need support from a key U.S. government report if they want to stay in their current range. At 11 a.m. CT, Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release […] Read more

Darren Feitsma near Ponoka, Alta., seeding canola with precision planters.

Canola, Crops

Planter precision pays off for canola

Planters produce vigorous canola stands, and in some trials, higher economic returns

By Lee Hart March 27, 2018

Darren Feitsma says using a precision planter for canola is producing a very uniform, robust crop stand on his central Alberta farm. His seeding rate is about half of what he might use with an air seeding system, yet with higher seed emergence rates and good nutrient uptake, yields are comparable. He has found over […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures linked to NAFTA

By GFM Network News March 21, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts zigged and zagged around the $520 per tonne mark during the week ended Wednesday — but one analyst says the market could really take a turn if and when the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement is clarified. “The Canadian dollar is already moving to […] Read more

Canola

Four things to consider in a new canola variety

By Melanie Epp March 20, 2018

Every year, some 43,000 western Canadian growers choose a canola seed variety. And every year they have more options to choose from. Here’s what you need to consider when choosing a variety for your farm.

Canola, Crops, Features

New phosphorus research for canola on the way

Canola removes more phosphorus from the ground than the recommended safe rate 

By Lisa Guenther March 16, 2018

*[UPDATED MAR. 19, 2018] Farmers face a fertilizer dilemma each spring. The current safe rate for phosphorus in canola is 17 to 22 kilograms per hectare (15.2 to 19.6 pounds per acre). With good moisture, the recommendation goes up to 28 kg/ha (or 25.0 lb./ac.). But canola typically removes more phosphorus than the recommended safe […] Read more

ICE Futures Canada’s head office in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bids ‘not too bad’

By GFM Network News March 14, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have seen some large price swings over the past two weeks, but the bids in the countryside remain relatively favourable overall, according to an analyst. The May contract hit a nearby high of $530.50 per tonne on March 5 before dropping to a session low of $511.50 […] Read more

The plants in the unaffected areas were showing typical drought symptoms, such as pale colouring, shorter stature, minimal plant branching, and trace pod abortion throughout.

Canola, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: What’s wrong with this patchy canola crop?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 6, 2018 issue of Grainews

By Dayna Elliott March 7, 2018

Ted, a Saskatchewan producer who owns a 3,000-acre mixed grain operation near Elrose, asked me to visit his farm last year on July 12. The visit was to assess if diamondback moth larvae populations in his canola field had reached levels necessary to warrant an insecticide application, to save the crop’s yield. Due to lack […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backing away from resistance

By GFM Network News March 7, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts appear to have finally run into some resistance after trending higher for all of February. While a return higher is possible, canola will take most of its direction going forward from what happens in outside markets. The May canola contract hit a three-month high of $531 per […] Read more

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Canola

Are you limiting your canola’s potential?

Growing canola in a dry year

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks support amid bearish signals

Planter precision pays off for canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures linked to NAFTA

Four things to consider in a new canola variety

New phosphorus research for canola on the way

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bids ‘not too bad’

Crop advisor casebook: What’s wrong with this patchy canola crop?

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backing away from resistance

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