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May 3, 2017

Plant a Buzzing Garden

By planting a Buzzing Garden, we can all help to improve the number and quality of honey bee food sources, and support them in
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May 3, 2017

Farms needed for these studies

1. Take part in the Ultimate Canola Challenge. 2. AAFC Brandon is testing pest management practices and habitat enhancement practices that may impact native
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May 3, 2017

Insects: Cutworm guide, DBM monitoring

AAFC has published a new cutworm guide, available as a free download, with descriptions of all pest cutworms in Canada as well as helpful
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May 3, 2017

Clubroot: Sanitizing used equipment

Make sure soil is cleaned off any used equipment recently purchased from areas known to have clubroot. This is good biosecurity practice. Ideally, this
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May 3, 2017

Everything blackleg at blackleg.ca

Got a question about blackleg? Anything at all? You’ll find the answer at the CCC’s new blackleg.ca webpage.
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April 26, 2017

Three hot topics this week

CCC agronomists are getting three common questions this week… 1. What if I plant canola on canola acres that are still not harvested? 2.
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April 5, 2017

Key messages from canoLAB 2017

The Canola Council of Canada and the provincial canola grower organizations hosted canoLABs at Regina, Sask., Vermilion, Alta., and Dauphin, Man., earlier this year.
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April 5, 2017

Top 10 planning and prep jobs for April

1. Get the drill ready 2. Watch the Canola Stand Establishment video 3. See how much seed you’ll need at canolacalculator.ca 4. Scout for
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April 5, 2017

How many canola plants do you need?

The new target plant stand and seeding rate calculators at canolacalculator.ca will help determine the correct plant stand for an individual field.
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April 5, 2017

What’s new in blackleg management?

Using the same disease resistance genetics over and over causes a shift in pathogen population, which can then overcome the resistance in our varieties
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April 5, 2017

How early is too early to seed?

Past experience would suggest that starting on peas and maybe some cereals in mid April would be the preferred early-seeding choice, with canola going
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April 5, 2017

Spring harvest tips

If growers can’t get on the field yet to finish harvest 2016, they can hand-thresh a sample from the windrows. This quality preview can
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