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September 18, 2024

Questions of the Week

Changing weather’s impact on combining | 2025 seed choices | Support next year’s soil fertility | Set up now for 2025 success
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September 18, 2024

QUIZ – Storage risk

Four questions on storage risk – including dockage, green seed, natural air drying and big bins.
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September 11, 2024

Questions of the Week

Is disease to blame for lower yields? | Reduce shelling and other harvest challenges | Weed control | Hot temps impacting the harvest bin?
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September 11, 2024

QUIZ – Fall weeds

Three questions on fall weed control – before and after harvest – including one on how to manage Christmas-tree-sized kochia.
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September 4, 2024

Questions of the Week

Cost of ‘set it and forget it’ at combining | Assess the season | Binning hot canola / high green seed | Harvest weeds
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September 4, 2024

QUIZ – Harvest loss

Three questions – one related to harvest loss and two strange things you might find when checking canola fields for harvest timing.
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August 28, 2024

Questions of the Week

How much will blackleg infection cost? | How long between spray and swath? | Prepping for next year’s success now | Swath timing matters
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August 28, 2024

QUIZ – Little late-season worms

Can you identify these five late little worms? Match the photo with the worm.
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August 21, 2024

Questions of the Week

Is blackleg more concerning this year? | Still too early to swath? | This week’s late-season pests? | Why are so many canola plants
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August 21, 2024

QUIZ – Blackleg

A wet spring and hot, dry finish to the season are ideal conditions for blackleg. This quiz will get you primed for blackleg scouting.
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August 14, 2024

Questions of the Week

Verticillium stripe, sclerotinia or blackleg? | Is that bug a problem? | What’s too early for swathing? | Manage kochia now or at harvest?
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August 14, 2024

QUIZ – Harvest looms

As canola harvest looms, this quiz reminds you to scout for blackleg, properly prep bins and follow critical timing for pre-harvest sprays.
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