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August 7, 2024

Questions of the Week

Why patience matters before swathing? | Four key pre-harvest decisions? | How to check canola quickly? | Why start pre-harvest disease scouting now?
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August 7, 2024

QUIZ – Stem disease

This quiz will help you distinguish the three common stem diseases – blackleg, sclerotinia stem rot and verticillium stripe.
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July 31, 2024

Questions of the Week

Pest updates | Satellite imagery for early insight on yield | Prep for disease scouting
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July 31, 2024

QUIZ – Pre-harvest intervals

What is the required pre-harvest interval for that product? This quiz has three questions based on info from the Pre-Harvest Interval Calculator.
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July 24, 2024

Questions of the Week

How to support for max yield? | Pale canola flowers? | Canola pods sprouting? | Impact of heat stress?
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July 24, 2024

QUIZ – Stranger things

Our eyes are drawn to strange insects and afflictions in canola fields this time of year. Here are seven found this week.
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July 17, 2024

Questions of the Week

Spraying for sclerotinia? | How to support canola in heat? | Causes of missing pods? | Pests this week?
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July 17, 2024

QUIZ – Nutrient deficiency

Nutrient deficiency is showing up in some fields this week. This photo quiz is based on field observations. Can you identify the symptoms?
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July 10, 2024

Questions of the Week

How does hot weather affect fungicide performance? And sclerotinia stem rot infection? And canola flowering?
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July 10, 2024

QUIZ – Green worms

How are your ID skills for squiggly green worms? One of these worms is near threshold in one area of the Prairies. Take the
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July 3, 2024

Questions of the Week

Can it be too wet for sclerotinia stem rot infection? | What is the right canola crop stage to spray lygus bugs? | Will
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July 3, 2024

QUIZ – Sclerotinia stem rot

Sclerotinia stem rot is a hot topic as canola fields come into flower. This quiz asks about fungicide timing, weather and aerial application.
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