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Not really. At least nothing shown to work consistently in Western Canada.

Seeing blanks up canola stems where pods should be? Here are the seven most common causes…. At the bottom of this article, see a

In very dry conditions: Threshold tables for lygus indicate that if canola is $12 per bushel and spray costs $8 per acre, the threshold

The ideal time for a sulphur top up is any time before flowering, but a top up at early flowering may pay off if

Five questions that could help with your sclerotinia spray decisions.

Soil moisture and rainfall leading up to flowering is an indicator of sclerotinia stem rot risk. Rain in this pre-flower period will have apothecia

The decision to spray or not spray fungicide to limit sclerotinia stem rot is rarely easy. Consider the following three scenarios as you assess

The timeline from when sclerotia in the soil first take on moisture, to apothecia germination, spore release, petal infestation, petal drop and finally canola

With herbicide applications winding down, this is a good time to scan fields for suspicious weeds that escaped the management effort. The photo from

Too windy. Too wet. Sometimes both. This pushed back a lot of weed management and some fields are still not sprayed. In this situation,

These can be hard to tell apart sometimes. Pinched or otherwise damaged-looking stems can occur with all three. Here’s how to tell them apart…

CCC agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed describes the moisture situation at her sentinel field, including a comparison of soil moisture reserves for 2018 versus 2017.