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Two online calculators are available to help you get your canola stand just right this spring.
Crops, Oilseeds

What’s your canola-seeding rate?

New online calculators can help get this key decision just right

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When it comes to putting in canola, few decisions are more important than getting the seeding rate right. Now there are two new online calculators that you can find at www.canolacalculator.ca that will help determine the correct plant stand for an individual field. The calculators determine target plant density and seeding rate, and allow farmers
canola plant
Crops, Oilseeds

Get a jump in April with these jobs

Your canola crop can benefit later 
from steps you take now

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It’s still a bit early to get into the field, but here are a few jobs you can do now to set yourself up for success this season. Get the drill ready. Check each opener, tire and hose. If you have a perfectly flat spot for levelling, that may also help achieve consistent seed and
How early is too early to seed canola?
Crops, Oilseeds

How early is too early to seed canola?

There are better options for early seeding, especially in wetter areas where soil moisture isn’t an ongoing worry

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Fields may have soil temperatures adequate for canola establishment and enough moisture for emergence, but should growers seed canola in early to mid-April? Past experience would suggest that starting on peas and maybe some cereals in mid-April would be the preferred early-seeding choice, with canola going in late April and early May. Growers may see
Soybean Field
Crops, Oilseeds

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

USDA spring report calls for bigger bean planting and falling corn acres

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U.S. farmers plan to seed a record amount of soybean acreage this spring, even with supplies trending near all-time highs, the government said March 31. Growers will dial back their corn seedings this spring despite signs of firm demand as record stocks have cast a bearish tone over the futures and cash markets this year,
White to light-yellow soybean cyst nematode females on soybean roots.
Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean cyst nematode likely already in Manitoba

A recent survey reveals soybean cyst nematode is in border counties such 
as Cavalier, Towner, Rollette and Renville

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Crop advisers in North Dakota are keeping a watchful eye on the northward advance of soybean cyst nematode (SCN) — and so should Manitoba growers, said a cropping systems specialist. SCN, a round worm that parasitizes roots of soybean and can reduce yields anywhere from 15 to 30 per cent before ground symptoms are present,
Blooming rapeseed field at sunset
Comment, Oilseeds

Cinderella crop is the child of immigration

Early Polish settlers were the first to grow rapeseed, near Shellbrook, Sask., 
spawning the multibillion-dollar industry of today

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Much of the attention focused on newcomers to Canada these days is laced with fear that they will bring change. What is often overlooked however, is that change can bring good things to a country — including economic growth. Canada’s canola story — a stunning success by any measure — is a case in point.
The auger used to steal about $20,000 worth of canola was then abandoned on the farm site near Glenboro March 19.
Local news, Oilseeds

No answers on $20K canola theft near Glenboro

The brazen thieves brought their own auger to siphon seed 
from a bin in a producer’s farmyard

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A Manitoba farm calculates it lost around $20,000 in a grain theft after a substantial amount of canola disappeared from a bin late Mar. 19. Carberry RCMP are investigating the theft, which took place in the RM of Glenboro-South Cypress, about 10 kilometres west of Glenboro. Police report that an unknown number of suspects removed
A lygus bug prepares to wreak havoc on a canola plant.
Crops, Oilseeds

Shining a light on the creepy crawly side of agriculture

Entomologist John Gavloski is warning producers to maintain beneficial bugs found in crops

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Not all bugs are made equal and entomologist John Gavloski is warning producers of “collateral damage” in their beneficial insects. “Certainly we’ve got insects that feed on the crops, but we’ve also got a lot of beneficial insects that feed on those insects that feed on the crops and when those are numerous, often the
Beneficial and nuisance insects were on display during a presentation by Manitoba Agriculture entomologist, John Gavloski, March 16.
Crops, Oilseeds

CanoLAB workshop makes Dauphin debut

There was a broad cross-section of canola issues and topics at a recent CanoLAB workshop

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The annual CanoLAB canola management workshop series continues to extend its Manitoba footprint with a first-time event in Dauphin March 15 and 16. Topics ranged from combine settings and herbicide management to crop damage and beneficial insects. It is the fifth year the event has been held in Manitoba, after initially being introduced in Alberta
Clubroot a Manitoba reality
Crops, Oilseeds

Clubroot a Manitoba reality

The disease is present but still at low levels, according to a provincial survey

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Clubroot, which causes bulbous swellings on canola roots, has become infamous for its impact on yield. The Canola Council of Canada cites “no economical control measures” to remove the pathogen once it has taken root and resting spores may survive in the soil for 10 to 20 years even in the absence of a vulnerable

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