Resources
The following articles are categorized as 'Resources'
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When to swath after frost
After a light frost of 0 to -2 C, damage is likely to be minor meaning swathing prematurely may do more harm than good. However, it is important to get out there and check crops to ensure damage is not greater than expected.
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Bertha armyworm near economic thresholds
Canola growers in pockets across the Prairies are seeing a rise in bertha armyworm feeding. Check your fields, know the economic thresholds, and be mindful of bees when spraying.
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How waterlogging hurts canola
Canola yield potential can start to drop after a few days underwater. Top up fertilizer may help a canola crop set back by waterlogging, but don’t apply anything until soils dry out and the crop starts growing again.
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Cleaning out the sprayer tank — tips
Cleaning out the sprayer protects a sensitive crop, it protects people working with the sprayer, and it protects the sprayer and its components. The following article by AAFC’s Tom Wolf provides some handy tips.
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12 tips for better spraying results
Here are a few key tips to lure you in: Spraying at the right time is more important than how you do it. Choose a herbicide that can handle large droplets. Keep your boom low. Read on for more tips and details.
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Did you walk your fields today?
Small and vulnerable canola plants face many threats during their first three weeks. The crop may need your protection to get through these stages with its top-end yield potential intact. Canola growers are encouraged to walk their fields a couple times a week — or more — until plants are firmly established and growing strong.
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Cutworm management tips
Canola growers should scout emerged canola crops for bare patches, holes or notches in foliage, and clipped plants — telltale signs of cutworm feeding. At least four cutworm specifies damage canola: dingy, redbacked, pale western and army. Here is information on identification, scouting, acceptable damage thresholds, and control.
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Top up tips for nitrogen and sulphur
Ideal timing for nitrogen fertilizer application is at seeding. This saves an extra pass over the field and ensures that the expected nitrogen requirement is in place when the crop needs it. But there are times when an in-crop top up of nitrogen or sulphur makes sense.
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Safe rates of seed-placed fertilizer
Safe rates of seed placed fertilizer depend on seedbed moisture conditions, soil type, row-width utilization, and nitrogen source. For example, the safe rate of seed-placed nitrogen is only 10 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre when using a 1” knife on 9” spacing and seeding into moist, medium soils.
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Video- Insect Update 2011
Scott Meers, the provincial entomologist for Alberta, provides an insect forecast for 2011 in this video provided by the Government of Alberta. Please click on the following link to access the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development video: http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/All/info13610
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