Canola can be used for cattle feed. This article explains feed value, feed prices and other considerations for feed versus seed.

Cooling hot grain within the first 24 hours is important for safe long-term storage. This also removes moisture that sweats from all canola.

Factors that increase the risk of spoilage for stored canola are high moisture, high temperatures, green seeds and dockage.

Default to waiting. Don’t make a snap decision to swath. Before taking any harvest action, start with this sequence…

Canola seeds can lock in green when frost or high temperatures stop or interrupt the chlorophyll-clearing process.

A thin, drought-stressed canola crop – where plants are shorter, canopy is open and yield potential is low – will require some extra considerations at harvest to preserve yield and limit any extra costs.

Monitor bins closely during the first six weeks after harvest and then continue to check stored canola regularly until delivery. Here’s how.

Canola growers can lose a lot of crop if the combine isn’t adjusted properly. This article has tips to measure and reduce loss.

Canola establishment benefits from a uniform spread of crop residue. Ideally, you can do the job with the combine alone.

Canola growers use pre-harvest sprays for weed control, desiccation and uneven crop. This article provides specifics for each product option.

Aeration can be enough to dry tough canola to safe storage levels – as long as air has “capacity to dry”. Damp canola will require heated air drying.

Ideal canola crops for straight combining, situations where swathing may be preferred, pre-harvest aids, headers, combine settings.