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8 tips to running your own crop trials

Tired of adapting other people's research to your farm? Get your own

By Lisa Guenther March 8, 2016

Every acre can be a research acre, Nicole Philp told farmers at Saskatoon’s CropSphere in January. Farmers interested in testing new products and practices can create powerful data sets with a little co-ordination, said Philp, a Canola Council of Canada agronomist. But how can you make sure you get good data out of your on-farm […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Features

The Canola Performance Trials

Who pays for them? Why? Learn more about how to make the trials work for you

By Dilia Narduzzi March 4, 2016

Do you depend on your provincial seed guides to help you make a choice about what varieties of canola you’re going to plant any given year? If so, you may be wondering, given that those great resources are available, why the Canola Performance Trials (CPT) are also important for making decisions for your particular acreage. […] Read more

Canola, Wheat & Chaff

Keys to flea beetle control in canola crops

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Ted Labun March 3, 2016

The important thing to understand about flea beetles is that they overwinter as adults — and it’s those adults that do all the feeding on your seedlings come the spring. Your canola crop is most vulnerable to flea beetle feeding from the cotyledon stage at emergence up until it reaches the three- or four-leaf stage. […] Read more

Staghead disease is of relatively low risk, but certainly be watching for clubroot.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Be on guard for clubroot in canola

Hart Attacks: If it’s in your community, be on the lookout for clubroot in your canola fields this year

By Lee Hart February 22, 2016

I’m using this photo of a flowering crop heavily hit with a pest to make the point to watch out for canola diseases this year — and in particular be on the ball to detect and hopefully prevent clubroot. This southern Alberta farm didn’t expect to be coping with staghead, but it suddenly appeared out […] Read more

Devil’s trumpet of known as Jimsonweed Flower

Crops

Look out for the Devil’s trumpet

Jimsonweed, also known as Devil’s trumpet is a highly toxic weed

By Melanie Epp December 29, 2015

According to provincial weed specialists in Alberta, jimsonweed, a highly toxic and problematic weed species, was found in three Alberta canola fields (Barrhead, Leduc and Westlock) last month. Growers are currently working with their provincial departments and the CFIA on an eradication strategy, although they are not considering it a major problem at this moment. […] Read more

Black discolouration in the stem’s cross section is a sign of blackleg.

Canola, Crops

Scouting for blackleg in canola

By Lisa Guenther October 13, 2015

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

Dallas Leduc, who farms near Glentworth, Sask., says he hasn’t run into many problems when it comes to meeting contract requirements, although year-to-year price changes can be frustrating.

Crops, Features

The fine print on grain contracts

Lee Hart talks to seven Prairie grain farmers about their experiences  with grain contracts

By Lee Hart September 29, 2015

Grain contracts: they appear to be a necessary part of doing business for most western Canadian farmers, but how many actually read them? The Canadian Canola Growers Association* has published a handy and informative booklet called, “A Practical Guide to Navigate Grain Contracts.” It is a quick and easy, 21-page read which covers many of the […] Read more

Crops, Features

Devil may be in the contract details

A grain contract should work both ways to protect the buyer as well as the seller

By Lee Hart September 29, 2015

It may seem like just a lot of fine print, but farmers are urged to read and understand the whole document before finalizing a contract when selling any commodity, says a manager with the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA).* Farmers need to know their rights, and they also need to understand any clauses that may […] Read more

Canola

Fall weed management in canola

If you have time for fall weed control in canola fields, make the most of it

By Melanie Epp September 8, 2015

Canola is one of the higher value crops in Western Canada, but returns can be negatively impacted by poor weed control. Luckily, there are options for glyphosate-tolerant canola. Controlling weeds in the fall ensures that the crop suffers next to no yield loss due to competition in the following year. If pre-harvest control isn’t possible, […] Read more

Canola, Wheat & Chaff

Does it pay to spray fungicide for blackleg?

By Syngenta June 18, 2015

When you’re looking to guard your canola against blackleg, does it pay to spray a fungicide? The short answer is yes — especially if you’re running a tight canola-wheat rotation. Short rotations put you at the highest risk of developing a blackleg infection, since the fungus can overwinter on diseased canola stubble year over year […] Read more

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