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Southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan may have soil temperatures adequate for canola establishment and just enough moisture for emergence, but should they seed now?

With an early spring in some parts of the Prairies, growers and agronomists have been asked “When is too early to spray weeds?” Spraying

There is a saying, “Good cleavers control in canola starts in cereals.” Peas and flax also offer pre-seed options not available in fields going

While waiting for the right conditions for a pre-seed burnoff or to start seeding, pull out the sprayer and get it ready for action.

Seeding in April is not usually recommended or beneficial for canola (except perhaps late-April seeding in southern Alberta). Here are a few things you

Verticillium wilt of canola has been renamed verticillium stripe. Why? The pathogen in question, Verticillium longisporum, does not appear to produce wilt symptoms in

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1. With phosphorus, ultimately the form you apply is less important than the amount you apply. Crop nutrition specialist Rigas Karamanos used the graph

A well-managed, systematic approach is the best strategy for bringing cleavers under control.

Seeding in March is way outside our sphere of experience, so even if the fields could be seeded, waiting until late April or May

Know your fields and your yield expectations. Soils where N rates have not kept pace with N removal will need to be built back