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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,
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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
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May 27, 2020

Look for seedling diseases and other emergence issues

Got canola emergence issues? Little canola plants are vulnerable to many different risk factors, including seedling diseases. Seed treatments are usually very good at
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May 27, 2020

QUIZ – flea beetle risks

Four questions that will help with your approach to flea beetle scouting and risk assessment.
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May 27, 2020

Finding time for sprayer tank clean-out

With wind delays and pressure to get crops seeded, the weed spraying operation could be bouncing from crop to crop, and from pre-seed burnoff
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May 27, 2020

Insects watch: Flea beetles, cutworms

Cutworm feeding results in notched, wilted, dead or cut-off plants. Patches of missing plants could also be cutworms. Include cutworms on the scouting checklist
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May 27, 2020

Farm safety: Extracting equipment safely

How do you safely pull out a heavy farm implement that is stuck in the mud? Here are a few good tips….
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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
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May 27, 2020

Broadcast seeding tips

In late springs with wet conditions, broadcast seeding may be the only way to get the job done. In some cases, broadcast seeding may
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May 21, 2020

Assess weeds and emergence issues

A few days of summer-like conditions have weeds thriving, taking up nutrients and topsoil moisture. Whether canola is already emerging, seeded but not emerging,
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May 21, 2020

QUIZ – Weed seedling ID, pt 2

This quiz is like a matching game. Seven photos. Seven choices. See if you can match all 7.
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May 21, 2020

PODCAST: Flea beetle behaviour

Jim Tansey and Keith Gabert talk about flea beetles – including how far they travel to find the first canola crops, major differences between
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