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June 14, 2017

Herbicide Qs on tank mixing, ideal weather, spray patterns and more

Here are some agronomy-related questions that dig a little deeper into herbicide performance in canola….
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June 14, 2017

Cleavers: In-crop control

For in-crop management of cleavers in canola, both glyphosate and glufosinate work best on smaller spring-germinating plants. Early herbicide application is also best for
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June 14, 2017

Blackleg: Early scouting and fungicide

For fungicide to provide an economic level of blackleg suppression, the crop has to be susceptible to the disease, blackleg incidence and severity must
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June 14, 2017

2017 CPTs off to a good start

img src=”https://www.canolawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CPT-sign600-300×188.jpeg” alt=”” width=”300″ height=”188″ class=”alignnone size-medium wp-image-13429″ /> The 2017 Canola Performance Trials are off to a great start this growing season! The
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June 14, 2017

June 14: Shorts

Hot and dry and sand blasting. Tips for spraying in the wind. Do you need a second herbicide application? And more.
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June 14, 2017

Insects: Diamondback moth, cutworms, flea beetle and more

Some fields are thinned by cutworm, diamondback moth larvae are at work but control is not usually required at this crop stage and swede
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June 7, 2017

Quiz: Guides to crop protection

These five questions are based on content from the handy crop protection guides from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Manitoba and Saskatchewan guides are the
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June 7, 2017

Flea beetles and stressed crop

With hot, dry conditions, canola seedlings already under pressure from intense flea beetle feeding dried out and died.
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June 7, 2017

Early weeds: Scout then spray

The Canola Council of Canada agronomy team looked at this photo above and discussed whether the field should be sprayed now or in a
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June 7, 2017

Avoid spray tank contamination – tips

Tank mixes used for pre-seed burnoff ahead of cereals often contain Group 2 and Group 14 products that can hang up in sprayer plumbing.
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June 7, 2017

canolaPALOOZA: Coming soon!

Join us June 20 in Saskatoon, June 22 in Portage la Prairie and June 27 in Lacombe for canolaPALOOZA!
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June 7, 2017

Top dress tips for nitrogen and sulphur

Western Canada has a short growing season. Crops in Western Canada start to take up nutrients early and uptake escalates quickly. For these reasons,
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