Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) plans to continue its evaluation of best practices for summer storage of canola in 2016. PAMI is looking for partner canola producers in Saskatchewan to assist with data collection.
More heated canola than usual
Based on conversations with growers and processing plants, heated canola seems to be higher than usual so far this winter. Please check bins to make sure temperatures are stable.
Combining canola in snowy swaths
Some very late canola crops are still laying in swaths. Previous experience suggests two tips….
Handle grain safely
Safe Farms bulletins from Manitoba provide the following safety tips for handling grain. …
Two storage questions
Read more for answers to these two storage questions from Canola Watch readers:
1. I have monitor cables in my bins. What temperature will damage canola?
2. What is a safe plenum temperature for drying canola?
Late-harvested canola may have more green
Late harvested canola fields that were at various stages of growth when swathed may have high levels of green seed. If that is your situation, here are two articles that may be helpful…
How long to store canola in bags
Harvest bags are best used as a short-term storage solution under Prairie conditions. University of Manitoba researchers made the following recommendations after a three-year bag storage study…
Podcast: Conditioning tips for canola
Turn on aeration fans to condition canola right after it enters the bin. Monitor all canola bins, including canola that went into the bin dry but hot back a few weeks ago.
Can’t spray canola regrowing under swaths
Rain and delayed harvest have caused some cut canola plants to regrow. This regrowth coming up through swaths can make for increased green matter going through the combine. This regrowth cannot be sprayed.
Sprouting seeds and cut plant regrowth
After a drought-stressed summer in many areas of the Prairies, canola plants may have a lingering hormone response that can cause seed sprouting (above) in the pods and regrowth of cut plants.