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August 9, 2018

Clubroot severity increases around the world

Clubroot is found everywhere in the world that brassica crops are grown. And clubroot is getting worse. These were the underlying messages from the
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August 9, 2018

Early, hot swathing can increase green counts

The combination of swathing canola too early and swathing during a stretch of hot weather can lead to rapid curing that elevates harvest green
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August 9, 2018

Find a patch of clubroot? Collect galls and bag them for disposal

You find a patch of clubroot? Identify the patch. Pull the plants, remove the galls and take them to a landfill. Then add lime
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August 9, 2018

Late-season hail: Yield and disease risk

The later hail occurs in the season, the more damage it can do to yield. Crops not mowed down by hail can see some
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August 9, 2018

How to reduce costly harvest losses

Canola producers can lose up to five bushels or more per acre if the combine isn’t adjusted properly. Here are tips to measure combine
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August 9, 2018

Harvest options for multi-stage crops

Non-uniform maturation is a common issue at harvest. This issue may be more pronounced in those areas that experienced abnormally dry conditions and intense
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August 9, 2018

Late-season spraying? Follow pre-harvest intervals

Although insects like grasshoppers and late season flea beetles typically aren’t economical, they shouldn’t be left unchecked. If a foliar insecticide is necessary, consider
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August 1, 2018

Start your pre-harvest disease scouting

Diseases are usually easiest to see and diagnose in the couple of weeks before swath timing. Patches of dying or prematurely-ripening plants are obvious
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August 1, 2018

Canola Watch quiz – Worm ID

How are your worm ID skills? Take the quiz and try to identify the four worms – two familiar, two not so much.
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August 1, 2018

Map of the Week – West Nile

The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network tracks Culex tarsalis, the mosquito that carries West Nile virus. The map shows the regions most advanced in degree-day
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August 1, 2018

WEBINAR: How to use our new Combine Optimization Tool

CCC agronomy specialists Angela Brackenreed and Shawn Senko and PAMI’s Nathan Gregg will present a Combine Optimization Tool webinar on Thursday, August 2 at
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August 1, 2018

Swath timing for higher yield

Optimal swath timing for canola yield and quality is when at least 60% of seeds on the main stem are showing some colour change
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