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Canola seed colour change.
Crops, Oilseeds

Consider straight combining canola to better manage harvest

Canola Council of Canada says it’s a good strategy if you have more acres 
than can be swathed at the ideal time

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Straight combining canola can help farmers better manage harvest, but it won’t necessarily result in higher yields. “Compared to optimal swath timing, straight-cut yields are going to be similar over the long term,” Angela Brackenreed, Canola Council of Canada’s eastern Manitoba agronomy specialist told the Eastman Crop Talk webinar Aug. 4. “We are certainly leaving
CME canola weekly nearby (chart as of June 26, 2016)
Markets, Oilseeds

Drozd: Did you hear about the bull that fell off the mountain? His name was canola

Knowledge of technical trading signals helped some producers avoid the recent downturn in the canola market

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Some market participants may have been surprised by the sudden downturn in the canola market, but others were prepared for it. Were you? Technical analysis is akin to reading a road map. The patterns which form on the charts represent the road signs. Over the years, a number of rather classic formations have been identified
Five steps to market-ready canola
Crops, Oilseeds

Five steps to market-ready canola

International buyers are testing like never before — but meeting their standards is easy

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Growing a good canola crop isn’t just about high yield or quality — it’s also about getting that crop ready to market on a global scale. “We export about 90 per cent of what we produce in Canada, so being able to meet the requirements of our export customers is really important for having open
There’s no silver bullet for fixing a thin plant stand once the plants have emerged, says Alberta provincial oilseed specialist Murray Hartman.
Crops, Oilseeds

No quick fix for a thin canola stand

Under the right conditions, a thin plant stand may actually outperform a thicker one

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Prevention is worth a pound of cure when it comes to a thin plant stand in your canola crop — because there really is no cure once the plants have emerged. “There’s a number of different things you can do to prevent a thin plant stand, but as far as a rescue, there’s nothing that’s
sclerotinia infected canola stems
Crops, Oilseeds

Is there any reason not to spray?

A wet spring has canola fields full of sclerotinia pathogens as flowering begins in earnest

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This season Manitoba canola growers shouldn’t be asking if they should be spraying fungicides — they should be asking themselves if there’s any possible reason they shouldn’t. Clinton Jurke, director of agronomy for the Canola Council of Canada, says it’s been a moist spring, yield looks good in much of the province and dense canopies
Angela Brackenreed with the Canola Council of Canada says producers should be on the lookout for blackleg.
Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Manitoba’s canola crop looking good so far

Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed has some tips on keeping it that way

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Manitoba’s canola crop is off to a good start — so good, Angela Brackenreed doesn’t want to jinx it. “In general I would say we have a really good looking canola crop across much of the province,” Brackenreed, the Canola Council of Canada’s Manitoba agronomy specialist, said during Manitoba Agriculture’s Westman Crop Talk webinar June
Soybeans emerge facing wet soil and rainfall throughout Manitoba, soybean at V-C unifoliate stage.
Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Soybean crop update and scouting activities

Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Bean Report for June 1

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Soybeans The majority of soybeans have been seeded in Manitoba. Depending on how quickly fields dry up, there may be some late planting or change in acres. Early planted fields are nearing the unifoliate stage (V-C), while those planted May 20 or later are still emerging. Emergence is taking a little longer in some cases
From left: Geertje Doornbos, Carlene Dmytriw and James Carriere.
Local news, Oilseeds, Pulses

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers staffs up for summer

Three temporary additions to the staff roster will give MPSG the 
ability to deliver more services over the summer

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Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) has hired three summer students to deliver agronomy research and services throughout the province. The team will focus exclusively on conducting independent research, implementing the association’s comprehensive research and production program, and engaging with industry partners, stakeholders, and farmers. Geertje Doornbos, an agrononomy research intern from Carman, will assist
Soybean Field
Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean group highlights growing importance of crop

Soybeans are now Canada's fourth-largest crop by acres and are a major economic force in agriculture

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Soy production is surging in Canada, and now there are some hard numbers to attach to the explosive growth. In the decade ending in 2014, soybean production in Canada essentially doubled to just over six million tonnes, while farm cash receipts from the crop soared as did exports, says an economic assessment from consultants MNP,
Cutworms, flea beetles a concern for canola growers
Crops, Oilseeds

Cutworms, flea beetles a concern for canola growers

Manitoba Insect & Disease Update for May 25

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Insects Cutworms and flea beetles on canola are the insects of greatest concern currently. Seed treatments should still be effective against flea beetles in most canola fields, although scouting for feeding damage is encouraged, especially in the earlier seeded fields where seed treatments may soon start losing effectiveness. Cutworm levels are quite variable, hard to

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