August 9, 2018 Clubroot severity increases around the worldClubroot is found everywhere in the world that brassica crops are grown. And clubroot is getting worse. These were the underlying messages from the
August 9, 2018 Early, hot swathing can increase green countsThe combination of swathing canola too early and swathing during a stretch of hot weather can lead to rapid curing that elevates harvest green
August 9, 2018 Find a patch of clubroot? Collect galls and bag them for disposalYou find a patch of clubroot? Identify the patch. Pull the plants, remove the galls and take them to a landfill. Then add lime
August 9, 2018 Late-season hail: Yield and disease riskThe later hail occurs in the season, the more damage it can do to yield. Crops not mowed down by hail can see some
August 9, 2018 How to reduce costly harvest lossesCanola producers can lose up to five bushels or more per acre if the combine isn’t adjusted properly. Here are tips to measure combine
August 9, 2018 Harvest options for multi-stage cropsNon-uniform maturation is a common issue at harvest. This issue may be more pronounced in those areas that experienced abnormally dry conditions and intense
August 9, 2018 Late-season spraying? Follow pre-harvest intervalsAlthough 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
August 1, 2018 Start your pre-harvest disease scoutingDiseases are usually easiest to see and diagnose in the couple of weeks before swath timing. Patches of dying or prematurely-ripening plants are obvious
August 1, 2018 Canola Watch quiz – Worm IDHow are your worm ID skills? Take the quiz and try to identify the four worms – two familiar, two not so much.
August 1, 2018 Map of the Week – West NileThe Prairie Pest Monitoring Network tracks Culex tarsalis, the mosquito that carries West Nile virus. The map shows the regions most advanced in degree-day
August 1, 2018 WEBINAR: How to use our new Combine Optimization ToolCCC agronomy specialists Angela Brackenreed and Shawn Senko and PAMI’s Nathan Gregg will present a Combine Optimization Tool webinar on Thursday, August 2 at
August 1, 2018 Swath timing for higher yieldOptimal swath timing for canola yield and quality is when at least 60% of seeds on the main stem are showing some colour change