Minimize loss | Pre-harvest disease scouting | Canola regrowth and winter annual weeds | Post-harvest canola stem count reminder
CANOLA QUIZ – Loss
Four questions on the topic of loss: Soil moisture loss, storage loss and combine loss – with tips to prevent all three.
Topics for August 25, 2021
Set yourself up for success next year | Harvest management tips | Disease severity | Precocious germination | Winter canola
Topics for August 18, 2021
Combine optimization | Swath timing | Pod shatter and pod drop | Late-season scouting
Sprouting canola seeds: causes
Canola seeds sprouting in pods is called “precocious germination”. It can occur with heat stress, re-wetting of pods and aster yellows.
Check bins – especially with the milder winter
With the milder winter temperatures, canola in storage might not be as stable as it usually is in mid-winter. This would be a good time to check each bin for potential spoilage.
A good time to cycle bins
We’ve heard of some canola bins “heating” up over the past couple of weeks. If canola growers have time, they may see benefit in cycling canola out of one bin and into another to even out the temperature and check for hot spots.
Factors that increase canola storage risk
All canola should be conditioned immediately after combining to cool it down, even out the temperature throughout the bin and remove any moisture released through natural seed respiration that occurs in the first hours to weeks after harvest.
QUIZ – Storage risks
Green seed, high moisture and other factors can increase the storage risks for canola. Take the quiz to test your knowledge and pick up a few management tips.
Frost effect on canola quality
The majority of the canola green seed problems in Western Canada are usually the result of frost. Even a light frost can fix the green colour by damaging the enzymes that clear the chlorophyll in higher moisture seed, preventing additional clearing regardless of how favourable weather conditions may become.