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February 5, 2020

Bins are excellent marketing tools…as long as canola is safe

On-farm storage capacity allows farmers to sit on more of their grain and wait for better market prices, but this advantage falls apart if
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February 5, 2020

Top 10: February planning for growing season

–Which canola varieties to put where? –Which crops to seed first? –What is your canola target stand? –How will you catch up on fertilizer?
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January 15, 2020

What is your farm show strategy?

How do you get the most of a farm show so you feel like the experience was worthwhile? Here’s one answer: Select the top
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January 15, 2020

Seed decision: What clubroot resistance to choose?

Canola growers should use clubroot-resistant (CR) canola varieties and extend their rotation to canola once every three years. But which CR variety should they
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January 15, 2020

How did new varieties perform in 2019?

The final 2019 Canola Performance Trials small plot and field scale data report is now available on the CPT website at canolaperformancetrials.ca.
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January 15, 2020

Does seed size matter?

Seed size, given as thousand seed weight (TSW) in grams, will influence the seeding rate required to achieve a target stand. Studies show that
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January 15, 2020

What to do with acres that always lose money?

Farmers have three good reasons to take chronically unprofitable acres out of annual crop production: (1) Stop spending money on acres that don’t provide
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January 15, 2020

Is your stored canola OK?

Reports of heated canola have trickled through all winter. High moisture seed and dockage, as well as green seed can increase the storage risk
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January 15, 2020

How bad are harvest losses?

PAMI has released results from its 2019 canola combine loss survey. Average loss was 1.3 bu./.ac., or 2.8% of total yield for the participating
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January 8, 2020

Most clicked articles of 2019

Here are our top three most-clicked Canola Watch articles in 2019, based on Google Analytics….
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January 8, 2020

Canola Day at Ag Days, Brandon, January 21

Manitoba Canola Growers hosts Canola Day at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon. Ag Days is January 21-23, with Canola Day presentations the morning of
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December 4, 2019

“Damp” canola may not be safe, even if cold

Freezing tough or damp canola by running cold air through the bin can be a short-term storage solution for canola that couldn’t get dried
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