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With warm soils, decent moisture and 1” seeding depth, emergence can occur about a week after seeding. If emergence is slow or patchy, scout

If the tissue underneath the bite is still living, the seedling will likely survive as long as (1) the stem can still bear the

Include cutworms on the scouting checklist for the first one to three weeks after emergence. Any later and management becomes more difficult because (i)

Factors that affect herbicide carryover are herbicide group, field history, soil characteristics, dry conditions and temperature.

Early season hail rarely has an impact on canola yield potential. Hailed seedlings usually come back very well. Even when individual plants die, a

Photographs can be a valuable diagnostic tool, but they have to be in focus, taken from various angles and come with details on field

At Alberta canolaPALOOZA, June 27 at Lacombe, farmer Brian Tischler will demonstrate his AgraBot. The DIY autonomous tractor uses free and open source software

A quick quiz to test spraying windows, inversions and timing.

Up until yesterday, many parts of Alberta and Western Saskatchewan hadn’t received much rain over the past week. The Eastern Prairies got more. Rain

Early-seeded and slow-growing canola crops (usually due to dry conditions) have faced more flea beetle pressure this year, particularly in Manitoba and central Alberta.

In general, early is the best for herbicide timing. A few early weeds emerging before or at the same time as canola plants are

Adding micronutrient solutions, especially zinc, to glyphosate is highly antagonistic to the herbicide.