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October 11, 2018 – Issue 27

Canola Watch survey: Your experience with high-moisture canola

Canola Watch prefers to base its information on scientific research, but we don’t have a lot of information on these 2018 experiences: drying and storing very high-moisture crop, handling high-green canola.... more
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Canola Discovery Forum: Registration deadline, great discussions, CEUs available

This is your last chance to register for Canola Discovery Forum, October 22-23 in Banff. The Canola Discovery Forum contributes to progressive initiatives and good science that will promote a vibrant... more
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Questions about handling high-moisture canola

What moisture level is too high to combine canola? To answer that question, work through a few others: –How much canola do you have left to combine? (If not much, you could wait for moisture to drop... more
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High green. Will it clear?

Canola that still has a lot of green seed might not de-green that much further. Green may have been locked in by frost and if more de-greening was possible, it probably should have happened already with the... more
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Delayed harvest and residue management

Getting crop in the bin is a bigger issue than residue management right now. Residue will be a factor in harvest because standing canola downed by snow will have to be combined close to the ground. That means... more
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Shop around samples

Green count is a subjective analysis. The CGC has guidelines for what is 'distinctly green' but graders may not assess in the same way. Read the Canadian Canola Growers Association's two-page factsheet for... more
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Our most-clicked articles from the past month

Alberta: Fall fertilizer questions Saskatchewan: Tips for drying tough and damp canola Manitoba: Fall fertilizer questions You might also like: How to test soils for the clubroot pathogen This... more
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Spraying weeds after frost and snow

When freezing temperatures stop fall weed control plans, snow is likely more of a help than a hindrance with respect to overall weed condition. The snow layer is likely to insulate the weed leaf material from... more
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Clubroot identified in Northern Sunrise County southeast of Peace River

Clubroot has been identified in canola southeast of Peace River in northern Alberta. Although clubroot has been found in various counties in Alberta since 2003, this is the first year the disease has been... more
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Coming events

Western Forum October 17-19 Lloydminster, Alberta Registration and information. Canola Discovery Forum October 22-23 Banff, Alberta Registration and information. Alberta Powering Your Profits... more
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