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No research has been conducted to show the best ways to break up crusting and free the crop. If a few plants have emerged,

Growers who broadcast canola with a cut rate of fertilizer (or perhaps no fertilizer in the case of aerial seeding) may want to wait

With cool temperatures, flea beetles have moved down to the stems and undersides of leaves to feed. Thresholds for stem feeding are lower than

Small and vulnerable canola plants face many threats during their first three weeks. The crop may need your protection to get through these stages

With most canola seeded and starting to emerge across the western Prairies, scouting becomes a top priority. This is a canola crop’s most vulnerable

Canola is most fragile during the first 21 days after emergence. The small plants are highly susceptible to flea beetles, cutworms, seedling diseases, weed

You can often tell the condition of a crop the day after a frost. It may have survived without any damage, in which case

If wild oats are the one problem weed in a Liberty Link canola field, one option is to apply a grassy weed product (Centurion

In cool cloudy conditions, weed growth is slower and herbicide efficacy may be lower. Cool humid conditions are also prime conditions for herbicide injury

With fields too wet to seed, growers in Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan may be tempted to leave volunteer canola and harvest it as

After broadcast seeding, including seeding by plane or helicopter, fields must be harrowed to loosen the soil surface and provide seed to soil contact.

Sulphur deficiency can show up as early as the 4-5 leaf stage in fields that are highly deficient. A top up with ammonium sulphate