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December 20, 2018

The 2018 CPT results booklet is now available!

The 2018 Canola Performance Trials (CPT) small plot and field scale data booklet is now available on the CPT website to download and view!
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December 10, 2018

Canola Watch 2018 CCA/CCSC exam: ANSWERS

The exam period is closed, but you can still take the quiz and test your knowledge.
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December 10, 2018

Top 10 agronomy topics from 2018

Here is the Top 10 list of agronomy challenges from 2018, compiled by the Canola Council of Canada agronomy team. Every canola grower from
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December 10, 2018

Southern Alberta clubroot meeting at Indus, January 7

The Canola Council of Canada, Alberta Canola, and Rocky View County are hosting a Southern Alberta Clubroot Response Workshop on Monday, January 7 at
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December 10, 2018

Economic and environmental sustainability tips: Canola Digest Science Edition 2018

Canola Digest Science Edition 2018 has a ‘sustainability’ theme and includes lots of research-based canola production tips to improve economic and environmental sustainability at
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November 20, 2018

Grading for green: Two limes don't make a green

The Canadian Grain Commission has a colour guide for elevator graders to follow. Distinctly green is a dark green throughout the whole seed. Light
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November 8, 2018

Canola Watch: November 2018 quiz

A seemingly random mix of 5 timely questions.
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November 8, 2018

Consider yield and profit when choosing a seeding rate

A target of five to eight plants per square foot allows for the loss of a couple of plants to frost, insects or other
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November 8, 2018

Seed trait priorities: Disease resistance, maturity, seed treatment

When choosing canola hybrids for 2019, think through the yield, quality and profit achieved over the past few years and consider what factors may
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November 8, 2018

Late fall fertilizer and soil testing

Fall fertilizer Fall fertilizer is best applied as close to freeze up as possible to balance two objectives: (1) To allow soil to seal
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November 8, 2018

Green seed: What to do about it?

Most green seed issues result when heavy frost hits canola before the seeds mature. This permanently stops the chlorophyll-clearing process and locks in green.
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November 8, 2018

How to contain a clubroot-infested patch

If identified early enough and small enough, patches of soil infested with clubroot-causing Plasmodiophora brassicae can be managed in various ways to reduce the
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