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June 23, 2023

Strange symptoms likely hormone response to weather stress

We are receiving reports of malformed flowers and thin, sometimes crooked growth on the main stem. Weather stress is the likely cause.
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June 21, 2023

Questions of the Week

Cabbage seedpod weevil | How to get the most from a patchy / variable field | Sclerotinia spray decision | Timing a variably staged
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June 21, 2023

QUIZ – Green worms 2023

It’s green worms time! Agronomists and farmers can find lots of different green worms in canola. Can you identify the most common ones?
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June 14, 2023

Questions of the Week

One pass or two? | Scouting priorities | Hail | Insect update
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June 14, 2023

QUIZ – Unusual insects

Four insects found this week. What are they and what makes them unusual? Take the quiz to find out.
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June 7, 2023

Questions of the Week

What’s crawling/flying in that field? | Tackling weeds | Importance of plant counts | More N?
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June 7, 2023

QUIZ – Establishment issues

Mix and match. What caused the canola crop establishment issues shown in each photo? Four photos, four causes.
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May 31, 2023

Questions of the Week

Tank mixing | Stay ahead of weeds | Flea beetles | Manage a stagey crop
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May 31, 2023

QUIZ – This Week in Agronomy

Six questions on topics CCC agronomy specialists talked about over the past week…plant counts, excess moisture, fertilizer shortages, tank mixing, flea beetle spraying and
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May 25, 2023

Questions of the Week

Herbicide pitfalls | Flea beetles | Blackleg fungicide now? | Drill performance | Lambda-cyhalothrin label update
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May 25, 2023

QUIZ – Guess the leaf area loss

The action threshold for flea beetles is average leaf area loss of 25 per cent, or more. Can you identify the leaf area loss
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May 17, 2023

Questions of the Week

Seed first or spray weeds | Insects this week | How to support emergence | Flea beetles
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