April 4, 2012 Put extra input investment into nitrogenIf you’ve budgeted for hybrid seed and optimal herbicide, insecticide and fertilizer applications, and you’d like to spend a little extra to push yields,
April 4, 2012 Volunteers with stacked HT are out thereCanola volunteers with resistance to more than one herbicide are probably more common than you think. If you’ve only grown Liberty Link canola, for
April 4, 2012 Clean new equipment: Keep clubroot at bayIf you don’t have clubroot, be sure any used or demo’d equipment you buy is clean before you bring it home. Clean equipment before
April 4, 2012 Canola trade and oil promotion videosClick here to view an important video about the Canola Market Access Plan. This video as well as the video embedded below played during
March 9, 2012 CanoLAB 2012 highlightsMost of you did not get to attend CanoLAB 3-D in Edmonton this week, so this edition of Canola Watch will bring you the
March 9, 2012 Station 1: Weed control tips and herbicide managementThis article contains 5 quick weed control tips. Tip 1: Herbicide efficacy often goes down in dry conditions because most plants — weeds and
March 9, 2012 Station 2: Bertha, diamondback and their natural enemiesGrowers cannot expect natural enemies to provide enough immediate control to reduce the pest threat to canola in that year. Growers will still have
March 9, 2012 Station 3: Lygus and its natural enemiesOur current economic threshold tables for lygus in canola may be too low when applied to current canola production systems across the Prairies. If
March 9, 2012 Diagnosing nutrient deficiencyVisual assessment of symptoms is not good enough for an accurate diagnosis because symptoms can have many causes. The station hosts used purpling as
March 9, 2012 Station 5: Potassium, Boron and CalciumFor every 5 pounds of nitrogen a canola plant takes up, it needs 4 pounds of potassium. Most Prairie soils still have adequate potassium
March 9, 2012 Station 6: Canola diseasesSeed treatments are, for the most part, very effective against canola seedling diseases fusarium, pythium and rhizoctonia. But plant pathologists expect that continued tight
March 9, 2012 Station 7: Diagnostic tipsThe key messages from this station: —Keep an open mind when scouting a field for problems. Symptoms can have many causes, and it can