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Liberty works best when applied with water volumes of 10 gallons per acre and when temperatures are warm. “When I worked in retail, we

Growers who reduced nitrogen rates at seeding and now would like to top up can see good results from dribble banding liquid nitrogen on

John Gavloski, provincial entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI), says crop insurance assessed a field of canola south of Bagot, Man.,

In warmer temperatures, flea beetles are more mobile — so the technique of scouting only at field edges no longer applies. It will be

Issues of the week May 19, 2010 — After a week of full-out seeding, canola seeded early last week is already emerging. Weed control

Canola volunteers are a weed that should be controlled ahead of your canola crop. CleanStart is the only pre-seed burnoff registered for use ahead

Troy Prosofsky, CCC agronomy specialist in southern Alberta, is getting this question a lot. Southern Alberta often seeds canola about two weeks before everyone

Issues of the week With warmer temperatures forecast and with very good soil moisture across most of the Prairies, this will be a busy

Canola thousand seed weight (TSW) can range from less than 3 grams up to 6 grams or more. This can have a dramatic effect

Cleavers have emerged and are growing rapidly in scattered fields across the Prairies. Derwyn Hammond, CCC agronomist for Manitoba, says some are three inches

Some growers are looking at tighter rotations for this year, seeding canola on fields that were in canola two years ago or, in some

Many growers strive to apply all their fertilizer during the seeding pass. This one-pass system is a good way to save fuel, minimize soil