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Striped flea beetles gather on a canola plant.
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Prepping for the 2024 canola crop

Planning for crop stresses now will set growers up for success when it is time to act: agronomists

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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
Rob Duncan, a canola breeder at the University of Manitoba, used genomic selection to design these canola plants. Breeders can select desired traits from across the entire canola genome.
Crops, Oilseeds

Genome selection helps find next superstars

Sequencing the canola genome in 2014 paved the way for researchers to be more precise when developing new varieties

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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
“If you think about removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, the best thing you can do is increase agricultural yields.” – Curtis Rempel, Canola Council of Canada.
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Biofuels drive canola demand

Canola Council of Canada aims for yield research to meet demand

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The Canola Council of Canada is seeking ways to increase yields to meet the rising demand for biofuels. “Biofuels seem to be taking the front-and-centre space for the oilseed sector, at least in Western Canada,” said Curtis Rempel, vice-president of crop production and innovation. Why it matters: The canola industry represents 207,000 jobs, $12 billion in wages and nearly
A symptomatic canola plant displays the telltale root galls of clubroot.
Crops, Oilseeds

Resistance not full answer to clubroot

Fall is the time to think ahead on clubroot management

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Glacier FarmMedia – Resistant canola varieties have played a major role in the war on clubroot, but they are not enough on their own, say agronomists. “Because clubroot is such a complex disease, it’s really important that we acknowledge that it will need a complex solution to manage it,” said Marissa Robitaille Balog, an agronomist
This year’s disease survey discovered another field with clubroot symptoms. file photo
Crops, Oilseeds

The top canola diseases of 2023

Initial survey results were based on 100 fields this year

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It has happened only three times in the last seven or eight years of surveying canola fields for infections. Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist David Kaminski went into a field to gather data for the 2023 Canola Disease Survey and found clubroot. “It’s kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack,” he said during
Blackleg and verticillium stripe are sometimes found in the same plant.
Crops, Oilseeds

Raising the profile of verticillium stripe

Identifying the new-ish fungal threat on the block

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Conditions weren’t ideal for verticillium stripe this year but the Canola Council of Canada says growers should stay alert when it comes to the disease. “Verticillium stripe is a soil-borne pathogen and it overwinters in the soil,” said Courtney Boyachek, agronomy specialist and verticillium stripe lead with the council. “Last year was a bad year
Verticillium stripe and blackleg symptoms can look similar, but once you know what you’re looking for they can be quickly differentiated.
Crops, Oilseeds

Verticillium stripe symptoms

Is it verticillium stripe, blackleg or sclerotinia? Here are ways to find out

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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
Survey to flesh out Canadian canola storage
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Survey to flesh out Canadian canola storage

The University of Manitoba hopes the survey will provide a full picture of on-farm realities

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Researchers from the University of Manitoba want to hear all about canola storage on your farm. A survey, also posted through the Canola Council of Canada’s Canola Watch, aims to provide better data on how farmers store the oilseed, how they dry it, the storage and drying issues they face and how they try to solve those problems. Why
The difference between a dry year and one with timely moisture is dramatic in the brown soil zone. Joseph McKee’s 2020 crop (shown in late July) yielded 65 bushels an acre while the dry conditions last year (photo taken in early July) produced a 20-bushel-an-acre crop on his Lethbridge-area farm.
Crops, Oilseeds

Palliser Triangle: It’s hot and dry — and the next frontier for canola

With crush capacity soaring, canola council looks to the brown soil zone and new heat-tolerant varieties

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Glacier FarmMedia – The canola industry has its eyes on the Prairies’ most inhospitable regions and knows potential growers will need support. The Canola Council of Canada is setting up research it hopes will drive sustainable canola growth in the brown soil zones of the Palliser Triangle, one of the hottest, driest regions of the Prairies. With canola
The president of the Canola Council of Canada feels it needs to constantly remind the federal government about the importance of agriculture.
News, Oilseeds

Canola groups among Canada’s busiest lobby groups

CCGA, CCC expanded efforts beyond usual government departments in 2022, leaders say

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The Canadian Canola Growers Association was the busiest Canadian lobby group in any sector last year, said president Rick White. “We have been extremely busy,” White said, speaking to the Manitoba Canola Growers at their AGM on Feb. 16. The Canola Council of Canada also cracked the top ten most active lobby groups, White added.

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