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Keeping canola out of your soybean fields
Canola, Crops, Soybeans

Keeping canola out of your soybean fields

Volunteer canola: 
Western Canada’s fourth 
most abundant weed

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Volunteer canola is thriving in Western Canada. In the 1970s, volunteer canola was the 18th most abundant weed. Today it is the fourth most common in Western Canada. Volunteer canola is especially problematic where herbicide-resistant crops, like soybeans, are added to the rotation. Volunteer canola is a unique weed because it is derived from growing […] Read more
blackleg in canola
Canola, Crops, Features

New labels for blackleg resistance

New “groups” for blackleg resistance on some canola seed this spring

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Agronomists agree the best way to control blackleg in canola is rotation — only growing canola once every three years, at most. Besides rotations, scouting and fungicide can help in the fight against blackleg. And, last spring a new item was added to the list of blackleg-fighting tools: a new labelling system. This season, you’ll see some new letters on some of your seed […] Read more
This canola is at the rosette stage. The photo was taken on June 23 near Indian Head, Sask.
Canola, Crops, Features

Are you limiting your canola’s potential?

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

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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
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Canola, Crops

Growing canola in a dry year

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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
The Monosem is a high precision seeder meant for precise seed placement in both depth and spacing within the row.
Crops, Equipment, Features

Planting canola with precision

Researchers working to develop canola agronomy with precision planters

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As more and more Western Canadian growers move into soybeans and invest in precision planters, there’s increasing interest in adapting those planters for other crops as well, like canola. Can precision planters be used to grow canola better, and if so, how? Farming Smarter Research Manager Mike Gretzinger set out to answer the agronomic questions […] Read more
Blooming rapeseed field at sunset
Canola, Crops, Features

New phosphorus research for canola on the way

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


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*[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

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