June 3, 2020 Should I reseed wind-damaged canola?When growers have canola stands of fewer than four plants per square foot — due to low seeding rates, poor emergence, insects*, crusting, frost,
June 3, 2020 Do I bother with canola plant counts?Plant counts can influence management decisions for the current crop (if counts are low, you’ll need to protect all of those plants) and for
May 27, 2020 Look for seedling diseases and other emergence issuesGot canola emergence issues? Little canola plants are vulnerable to many different risk factors, including seedling diseases. Seed treatments are usually very good at
May 27, 2020 QUIZ – flea beetle risksFour questions that will help with your approach to flea beetle scouting and risk assessment.
May 27, 2020 Finding time for sprayer tank clean-outWith wind delays and pressure to get crops seeded, the weed spraying operation could be bouncing from crop to crop, and from pre-seed burnoff
May 27, 2020 Insects watch: Flea beetles, cutwormsCutworm feeding results in notched, wilted, dead or cut-off plants. Patches of missing plants could also be cutworms. Include cutworms on the scouting checklist
May 27, 2020 Farm safety: Extracting equipment safelyHow do you safely pull out a heavy farm implement that is stuck in the mud? Here are a few good tips….
May 27, 2020 Will a fertilizer top dress pay off?Canola fields may benefit from a top-dress application of nitrogen or sulphur (or both) if logistics and weather prevented the full recommended application of
May 27, 2020 Broadcast seeding tipsIn late springs with wet conditions, broadcast seeding may be the only way to get the job done. In some cases, broadcast seeding may
May 21, 2020 Assess weeds and emergence issuesA few days of summer-like conditions have weeds thriving, taking up nutrients and topsoil moisture. Whether canola is already emerging, seeded but not emerging,
May 21, 2020 QUIZ – Weed seedling ID, pt 2This quiz is like a matching game. Seven photos. Seven choices. See if you can match all 7.
May 21, 2020 PODCAST: Flea beetle behaviourJim Tansey and Keith Gabert talk about flea beetles – including how far they travel to find the first canola crops, major differences between