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April 4, 2018

Moisture situation: How much snow-melt enters the soil?

Farmers can count on 20-50% of the moisture from snow-melt to enter the soil. This variability depends a lot on surface soil moisture conditions.
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April 4, 2018

What pulses are best for your canola rotation?

What pulse is right for you? Canola growers looking for a pulse crop to add to their rotation can use the table to compare
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April 4, 2018

Enter seed size into canola calculator

As you pick up canola seed, look at the thousand seed weight for each lot and run that through the seed rate calculator at
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April 4, 2018

Top 10 Canola Digest articles for 2017-18

Canola Digest has five issues per year, including the Science Edition. All articles are posted online at canoladigest.ca. Here are the top 10 most-clicked
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April 4, 2018

Quick comparison: Blackleg, clubroot, sclerotinia stem rot

Use this quick-reference table to compare key distinguishing features, mechanisms for spread, and management options for blackleg, clubroot and sclerotinia stem rot.
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April 4, 2018

Saskatchewan ramps up random clubroot survey for 2018

Saskatchewan wants to increase its understanding of the distribution of clubroot in the province. The Ministry of Agriculture will conduct an extensive clubroot survey
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April 4, 2018

Keep it Clean: 2018 products of concern

2018 products of concern for canola: Quinclorac (e.g. Accord, Clever, Facet and Masterline Quinclorac) – do not use. Potential for change; visit keepingitclean.ca after
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April 4, 2018

Ultimate Canola Challenge 2018: Seeding speed trial

Ultimate Canola Challenge 2018 is for growers interested in learning how to better target their seeding speeds to improve profitability and risk management in
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April 4, 2018

Help with insect surveys for 2018

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be doing bertha armyworm and diamondback moth surveys again in 2018. To put up a trap and help with
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March 2, 2018

Blackleg video quiz for CCA credit

Watch the video. Take the quiz.
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March 2, 2018

Top 10 questions about clubroot

How does clubroot spread? Are alkali soils immune to clubroot? How long can clubroot spores survive in the soil? Read on for answers to
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March 2, 2018

Highlights from canoLAB Top Gun

A new canoLAB format took flight in Alberta this winter, with 16 Top Gun Agronomists from across Alberta taking part in three intense sessions
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