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Five tips for controlling weeds in canola

By Kari Belanger March 24, 2014

At the top of Angela Brackenreed’s list of key weed management tactics are tried and true practices familiar to all growers, but this Canola Council of Canada’s agronomy specialist stresses these strategies, however familiar, deserve serious consideration when fighting weeds. 1. Scouting is key for any agronomic issue in production, says Brackenreed. “If you’re not in […] Read more

Machinery

Lemken introduces the Rubin 12 compact disc harrow

Designed to work as deep as eight inches and at high speeds, it includes 29-inch disc blades

By Scott Garvey March 19, 2014

Germany-based Lemken has just announced the introduction of the Rubin 12, a new compact disc harrow designed to work soil at depths from five to eight inches. Six models will be available in Canada with delivery beginning in July 2014. Farmers can opt for one in working widths of 10 to 20 feet. “The Rubin […] Read more

Columns

Getting to the root of the rot

Late season root rot is creeping into pea fields. Sarah Weigum  investigates the symptoms, and the situation

By Sarah Weigum March 4, 2014

It sounds a bit dramatic, but the late season root rot that is creeping into Prairie producers’ pea fields feels like a betrayal. Besides being a profitable to grow, peas seemed like the “right thing to do.” I tend to feel smug when I hear of clubroot in a distant county, because I assume growers […] Read more

Features

Getting paid for the oil

Canola growers are talking about “component pricing”— getting paid  for your canola based on the amount of oil in the seed 

By Rebeca Kuropatwa February 20, 2014

Some canola growers have been considering the possibility of “component pricing” for their canola, that is, receiving payments based on the oil content of the canola they deliver. Oil is what the crushers want. Should they pay more for canola seed that contains more of it? Canola oil content Canola oil content varies from year […] Read more

Sclerotia, the overwintering bodies of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum germinate and produce mushroom-like structures called apothecia.

Crops, Features

Sclerotinia in Manitoba

Sclerotinia doesn’t just hit canola. Find out how to avoid this problem on your farm 

By Andrea Hilderman January 24, 2014

Sclerotinia is a fungal stem rot disease caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. It occurs throughout the Prairies, but its severity from year to year is variable as its development depends on the right environmental conditions occurring at its germination and infection phases. Not just canola Sclerotinia gets most of its attention as a disease in canola, […] Read more

Paul Muyres believes clubroot resistant seed is the future of successful canola crops.

Canola, Features

Cleaning for clubroot

Researchers agree that the most effective way to control the spread of clubroot is to sanitize machinery. This is effective, but time consuming

By Leeann Minogue October 8, 2013

While there is no foolproof way to prevent clubroot from getting into your fields, sanitizing equipment is one way to prevent its spread. Dr. Stephen Srelkov, plant pathologist at the University of Alberta told delegates at the 2013 International Clubroot Workshop in Edmonton that “the largest risk comes from the movement of equipment.” Moving dust […] Read more

The Canola Emerged Fine But Was Stalled At The One-leaf Stage.

Canola, Crops, Features

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: What’s stalling this canola?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the June 2011 issue of Grainews

By Wes Anderson May 2, 2011

Joe grows 11,000 acres of wheat, barley, canola and peas on a mixed farm near Moose Jaw, Sask. While on a routine scout, he noticed some of his canola fields weren’t filling in as quickly as the others. “I may have seeded too deep, or it could be cutworms,” he told me. When he walked […] Read more

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