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November 7, 2018 – Issue 28

Grading for green: Two limes don’t make a green

Growers with canola downgraded for green and other factors may benefit from knowing the grading rules. The Canadian Grain Commission’s Official Grain Grading Guide says: • No.1 canola may contain up... more
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Canola Watch: November 2018 quiz

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Consider yield and profit when choosing a seeding rate

A uniform early-established canola stand of five to eight plants per square foot usually yields better than thinner, later or uneven stands. In a meta-analysis of more recent Western Canadian studies on hybrid... more
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Seed trait priorities: Disease resistance, maturity, seed treatment

When choosing canola hybrids for 2019, think through the yield, quality and profit achieved over the past few years and consider what factors may have reduced overall profitability. Add notes on... more
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Late fall fertilizer and soil testing

Fall fertilizer Fall fertilizer is best applied as close to freeze up as possible to balance two objectives: (1) To allow soil to seal over the band (frozen soil may not seal). (2) To reduce losses due to... more
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Green seed: What to do about it?

Most green seed issues result when heavy frost hits canola before the seeds mature. This permanently stops the chlorophyll-clearing process and locks in green. Nothing can be done to reduce this green. Drying... more
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How to contain a clubroot-infested patch

If identified early enough and small enough, patches of soil infested with clubroot-causing Plasmodiophora brassicae can be managed in various ways to reduce the spore load in those patches and prevent... more
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Why tell people about your clubroot?

Clubroot is the 'bad guy'. Having clubroot doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve been farming irresponsibly. Clubroot spores can arrive in various ways and they will infect canola under the right environmental... more
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CCGA: Be heard on seed treatment bans

From Canadian Canola Growers Association... A proposed ban on seed treatments would leave canola farmers with fewer options for preventing flea beetle infestations. Send this email today to tell the federal... more
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Terminology of genetic resistance and loss of resistance

Plant disease resistance is a term used to describe the reduction of pathogen growth on plants to minimize disease pressure and potential yield loss. Qualitative resistance comes from a major gene or genes and... more
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Harvest Sample Program deadline extended

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) Harvest Sample Program monitors hundreds of samples each year to make sure quality standards are upheld in delivered grain. Farmers who sign up and submit canola samples get... more
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Coming events

Alberta Powering Your Profits tour November 13-22 12 locations across Alberta More information. Canola agronomy session November 21 Swan River, Man. Featuring Justine Cornelsen, CCC agronomy... more
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Agriculture labs

Updated 2018. To add a lab to the list or update listing details, email whetterj@canolacouncil.org and put "Canola lab list update" in the subject line. Here is a list of labs that service canola growers in... more
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