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Prepping for the 2024 canola crop

By Alexis Stockford, Jeff Melchior January 22, 2024

Winter isn’t exactly prime time to scout for insects, diseases and weeds, but last year’s pests may provide a baseline to help prepare for the next canola crop, agronomists say. “Review the challenges you had last year and have a plan in place as to how you’re going to handle them this year,” said Warren[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Genome selection helps find next superstars

By Robert Arnason December 4, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – In the 2020 Western Hockey League bantam draft, the Regina Pats had the first overall pick. They selected Connor Bedard. It was an easy pick and a good one. Bedard recorded 100 points in the 2021-22 WHL season and 143 points last year. In June, the Chicago Blackhawks selected Bedard with the[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Verticillium stripe symptoms

By Canola Council Of Canada August 22, 2023

The Canola Council of Canada flags several verticillium signs: Stem striping When the crop is full height, but still green, infected canola plants will often have a two-toned stem — half healthy and green and half discoloured and drying down. This is where the disease gets its name. Leaves can show similar symptoms: healthy on[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Cut canola later for higher yield

By Don Norman August 23, 2022

The Canola Council of Canada is encouraging farmers to hold off on harvesting canola to improve yield. Research in the early 2000s showed that canola swathed at 60-70 per cent seed colour change (SCC) yielded 11 per cent more than fields swathed at 30-40 per cent. That research was reinforced in 2013, when the Indian[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean cyst nematode evading resistance genes

By Gord Leathers February 23, 2022

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is a serious soybean pest throughout the American Midwest and, as of 2021, it’s been confirmed in five Manitoba municipalities. There are two ways a farmer can deal with soybean cyst nematode, according to Iowa State University plant pathologist Greg Tylka. “The first thing is don’t grow soybeans — but my[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola foes the same — but different

By Don Norman February 17, 2021

Is it verticillium stripe or is it blackleg? That’s a question canola growers may find themselves asking more in the future, as verticillium stripe (VS) gains a stronger foothold on North American farms, a recent webinar hosted by the Prairie provinces’ canola associations heard. It was first discovered in Manitoba in 2014 and is caused[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Same sample, different grades for green seed soybeans

By Allan Dawson September 24, 2018

Farmers with green seeds in their soybeans should consider shopping their crop around to get the best grade, or get an official grade from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The percentage of green seed in soybean the same samples sometimes vary widely between buyers, an industry official said Sept. 13. In one case three different[...]

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

If farmers keep misusing glyphosate, they may lose it

By Allan Dawson July 31, 2019

If Canadian farmers want to keep using glyphosate they must stop misusing glyphosate. That blunt message was delivered earlier this summer during a ‘Keep it Clean’ webinar to agronomists and retailers, who were urged to pass it on to their farmer-clients. “We all know the value of glyphosate, but to be very blunt about it,[...]

Crops, Oilseeds

Seed early and heavily to boost flax

By Julienne Isaacs November 20, 2018

Flax markets are still flat despite demand as a health ingredient in Canada and the U.S., but the crop represents a strong option for western Canadian producers. It’s especially suited to those looking to diversify the rotation, said Dane Froese, Manitoba Agriculture oilseed specialist at this year’s Crop Diagnostic School. “Flax is a non-host for[...]

Crops, Equipment, Oilseeds

Different harvest, different combine settings

By Alexis Stockford September 7, 2018

First-time canola straight cutters might want to take another look at their combine settings. “When we’re comparing picking up a windrow to straight cutting, we, again, want to kind of treat this like a different crop,” Angela Brackenreed of the Canola Council of Canada stressed during a recent Manitoba Agriculture webinar. “The same combine setting[...]

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Prepping for the 2024 canola crop

Genome selection helps find next superstars

Verticillium stripe symptoms

Cut canola later for higher yield

Soybean cyst nematode evading resistance genes

Canola foes the same — but different

Same sample, different grades for green seed soybeans

If farmers keep misusing glyphosate, they may lose it

Seed early and heavily to boost flax

Different harvest, different combine settings

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