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Early season hail rarely has an impact on canola yield potential. Hailed seedlings usually come back very well.

Six questions about herbicide resistant weeds – causes and management

Keeping scouting for insects, especially in crops that are slow to get going.

Blackleg needs just enough moisture to enter the plant early in the season. Once inside the plant early, blackleg can produce severe cankers even

Seven questions based on things CCC saw or talked about this week.

The flea beetle situation seems worse than usual. The simplest reason seems the most logical: Warm and dry weather favours flea beetle emergence and

Patches of missing plants will prompt farmers and agronomists to start scouting for cutworms. This scouting step is important because other factors, including dry

If weeds are present, then yes, you should spray. In some ways, dry conditions should do more to encourage early spraying because you don’t

Farmers will not likely find a drought-protection product that works – other than rain. If you hear of any rescue products (we don’t know

Call your provincial farm stress lines to talk about anything causing stress for you or someone you care about. Here are the numbers….

We know that weed competition can greatly reduce canola yield. A combination of pre-seed weed control and one in-crop application before the 4-leaf stage

Here are strategies to improve weed control results for each herbicide-tolerant (HT) system: Falco, Clearfield, Liberty Link and Roundup Ready.