If it does not straighten up, the result can be higher levels of sclerotinia stem rot and harvest challenges.
Harvest planning: Swath timing and straight cutting
Some of the earliest canola fields will show seed colour change over the next two weeks. For those growers, we provide this short primer on swath timing and straight combining.
Harvest looms so note product PHIs
The spray-to-swath calculator helps growers and agronomists find a fungicide, insecticide or pre-harvest herbicide that fits the timeframe available.
Bin clean out: Malathion reminder
Malathion CANNOT be used to treat bins where canola will be stored or to treat canola as it goes into storage. These applications can result in residues in the canola that are unacceptable in some of Canada’s key export countries with low minimum residue limits (MRLs) or zero tolerance for malathion.
Top 10: Highlights from June 21 canolaPALOOZA
By this stage of the season, flea beetle and cutworm risks are lower because crops are bigger and these two insects are in natural seasonal decline. Adult flea beetles have laid their eggs and are dying. Cutworms are pupating. We’re now moving toward sweep net timing for lygus and cabbage seedpod weevil.
PAMI summer storage research 2016 — blog
By Joy Agnew, lead investigator The Canola Council of Canada, in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, PAMI and the provincial Canola grower commissions, is gathering more information to help define best management practices for summer storage of canola. Click here for live updates of in-bin conditions. 2014 results In 2014, PAMI and the CCC initiated a project to …
New harvest management video
In this educational video, growers and other specialists show how to properly measure and quantify losses out the back of the combine for a low-cost way to potentially add significant bushels to the bin.
Growers needed for PAMI storage research
Joy Agnew from Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt is looking for Saskatchewan farmers with canola in storage that will remain in storage until at least August.
How to weather-proof canola
Crop yield has a lot to do with weather — rainfall, temperature, frost and hail are the biggies. Agronomic steps to reduce weather related risk can go a long way to help canola achieve higher yields under stress.
Fluctuating temperatures mean unstable storage
Swings from cold to warm temperatures this time of year can increase the storage risk for canola. Warm exterior temperatures and cooler canola will increase the rate of moisture migration inside the bin. Please check your bins.