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Issues Archive
Use the expandable navigational menu on the left hand column to find a specific issue of Canola Watch by year, month and date.
December 21, 2017
2017 CPT data added to the online database
The Canola Performance Trials (CPT) online database at canolaperformancetrials.ca is updated to include the 2017 small plot and field scale CPT dataset. So now, when you run queries on the CPT database, 2017 data can be included in your single or multi-year searches.
December 5, 2017
Canola Performance Trial 2017 results now available
2017 Canola Performance Trial (CPT) small plot and field scale data booklet is now available.
November 24, 2017
Alert: Check bins regularly to keep canola safe
Some canola growers have reported rising temperatures in their canola bins. Growers are encouraged to check all canola bins as soon as possible. Heating can start small and go unnoticed for days and perhaps weeks. Cooling the bin and stopping this early heating now can save a lot of money in lost grade and lost delivery options.
November 8, 2017
Where did 2017 yield come from? Where did the yield go?
What were the key driving factors behind very good yields in some areas and poor yields in others?
Join us for 3 days of canola discovery and innovation
Agronomists, farmers, researchers, extension staff, students and anyone else interested in canola research, innovation and industry updates are welcome to attend the three-day “Canola Week” conference in Saskatoon, December 5-7.
Choosing events: What do you need to learn this winter?
Farmers and agronomists have many opportunities this winter to learn through live presentations, Q&A sessions and conversations with experts. The following events have strong canola themes and CCC agronomy specialists will be speaking at many of them….
Picking varieties? Look here
Canola variety decision-making for 2018 should include a flip through the new Canola Variety Selection Guide: Featuring CPT Summary Data. It can be downloaded from the Canola Performance Trial (CPT) website to your phone, computer or tablet for easy reading.
Seed treatment upgrades diversify insect protection
With each canola seed decision, growers face this question: Would a seed treatment upgrade to improve management of flea beetles and cutworms provide a return on investment? A review of flea beetle and cutworm scouting notes from the past few years will help with this decision.
Clubroot management: Book resistant seed early
Growing a clubroot-resistant variety is an important step in clubroot management for farms with clubroot, for farms in a county, district or municipality with clubroot and for farms adjacent to an area with clubroot.
PLAN fertilizer over the winter, don’t APPLY it
Winter is a great time to review yield results, fertilizer rates and potential fertilizer shortcomings evident over the growing season. Winter provides the time to look at soil test results from the fall (and even sample fields that weren’t done sooner – albeit with specialized equipment for frozen soil) and make plans to pre-buy and maybe even take delivery of fertilizer – if the farm is set up for that.
But winter is not the time to apply fertilizer.
October 4, 2017
Tough or damp canola: Storage risk
Canola harvested at 15% moisture may not last long in storage before spoilage begins. How long is hard to predict. If warm, spoilage could start within a matter of days. If stored cool or cold, canola may last longer without spoilage, but this bin will become very unstable with any stretch of warm weather.
Fall herbicide: Frost, volunteer canola, cleavers and more
Snow on canola. What to do?
Common scenarios growers face with the snow on canola are:
1. Canola is immature when snow falls.
2. Canola is ready to swath when snow falls.
3. Canola left standing for straight combining is hit with snow.
4. Canola in the swath was already dry and has been hit with snow.
Here is a description of each scenario, along with some tips to help with decision making….
What to do with wind-blown swaths?
1. Contact crop insurance. 2. Combine once the crop is cured. 3. Think about volunteer management. 4. Consider how this may be prevented.
Biosecurity and clubroot: How it spreads
