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A number of products are being marketed to enhance the crops’ protection from environmental stresses such as frost. The Canola Council of Canada agronomists

Lygus populations continue to be monitored in the Peace Region of Alberta and BC and in southern Alberta. Populations are variable as many fields

Grasshoppers appear to be migrating into canola fields to feed on pods in the drier parts of southwestern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. Continue scouting

Council agronomists are starting to field a number of calls about how to hasten maturity of late canola plants within a field. Uneven fields

During pod fill is a good time to assess yield potential leading up to harvest. The variable staging this year has not evened out

With the variable stages in this year’s canola crop, questions about the benefits of applying a pod sealant are surfacing. Pod sealants are relatively

Questions are starting about swathing this year’s crop with low plant stands and shortened crop height, as the ability to anchor the swath to

As the calendar progresses and the risk of fall frost nears, it may be tempting to swath earlier than optimal. Growers must ensure that

Too Dry, Just Right and Too Wet Relatively cool growing conditions prevailed again last week across most of western Canada. Overnight lows were cool

Crop development ranges from late bloom (70%) in the late and re-seeded fields to about 10 to 20% colour change in the earliest fields.

Hail was reported near Chaplin, SK last week. The hail damage from thunderstorms 10 days ago in Alberta has been quantified and one million

Lygus populations continue to be monitored in the Peace Region of Alberta and BC and in southern Alberta. Populations are variable as many fields