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UCC 2014 at CMCDC is a canola production trial intended to showcase three styles of input/cost management. Each treatment will have different cost of

The top four canola management messages for this week are: Weed out volunteers, perennials and winter annuals. Pre-seed is a profitable time to control

This map shows accummulated moisture across the Prairies for the 30 days from April 6 to May 5. Topsoil moisture is generally good across

Can you go four for four? Here are the questions: 1. One gram of soil, less a sugar cube’s worth, from a heavily clubroot-infested

Research shows that a pre-seed burnoff will result in higher yields versus no pre-seed burnoff. Walk fields to see what weeds are present and

Moist seed conditions mean more soil clinging to drills and tractor and sprayer wheels. This increases the risk of moving clubroot as well as

Canola profits tend to benefit most from a nutrition plan that includes nitrogen, sulphur and some seed-placed phosphate. But what about potassium? Or micros?

New data from the Alberta clubroot disease survey indicates some forms of clubroot resistance are no longer functioning well against a possible new clubroot

Resistance can lose its effectiveness when repeated cropping of a resistance source selects for individuals within a pathogen population that are virulent on that

Short of a stacked genetics solution and/or the development of several more distinct sources of resistance, which could take a lot of time and

EcoNomics. Handy graphs and calculators show the best nitrogen rate based on yield potential and appetite for risk. Is this the year to claw

This figure show the yield response of hybrid canola to applied and soil nitrogen. The blue line is what matters when assessing the return