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About the Canola Council of Canada

By Allan Dawson May 30, 2012

About the Canola Council of Canada The Canola Council of Canada started off as the Rapeseed Association of Canada in 1967. The current name was adopted in 1980 — six years after the first commercial “canola” was registered. The council represents Canadian canola growers, crushers and canola variety developers. There are 17 directors — three

Crops, News, Oilseeds

New canola council president loved agriculture from an early age

By Allan Dawson May 30, 2012

Patti Miller’s early love of agriculture ultimately led to her recent appointment as president of the Canola Council of Canada. “Even though I was literally raised in the city I just loved being on the farm so when it came time to make a choice about university there really wasn’t any question for me —

Beef cattle, News, Oilseeds

StatsCan report shows more canola, less wheat

By Daniel Winters May 17, 2012

Latest five-year agriculture census snapshot shows gross  farm revenue up with expenses falling slightly

The numbers are out and they show canola is beating wheat, the cost of farming and farm incomes have improved marginally, and the provincial cattle herd is down by nearly a quarter. Canola area surpassed spring wheat area for the top spot among field crops, up 44.3 per cent to 3.3 million acres since the

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Ethiopian mustard a new biofuel option

By Alexis Kienlen May 14, 2012

Some of those yellow flowers you see blooming in Western Canada this summer might not be canola, but Ethiopian mustard, a new brassica crop intended for biodiesel and bioproducts. Kevin Falk, a research scientist with Agriculture Canada, specializes in breeding Polish canola and Ethiopian mustard, and has been working with them since 1995. He told

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Clubroot DNA found in two Manitoba canola fields

By Allan Dawson May 3, 2012

The discovery of low levels of clubroot DNA in two unrelated Manitoba fields is a wake-up call for the province’s canola producers. The good news is none of the canola in those fields showed any symptoms of the disease that can cut yields in half or more. As a result Manitoba is still considered “clubroot

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Europe’s rapeseed problems may support canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 30, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola futures were lower overall during the week ended April 20, as fund traders holding large long positions took the opportunity to book some profits. After moving higher for most of 2012 before the recent correction, there is definitely an argument to be made that the top may be in for the

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Seed early with caution

By Allan Dawson April 20, 2012

Whether they survive or fail, these early seeding plots will provide some valuable data on seeding dates

Extension agronomist Anastasia Kubinec wasn’t heeding her own advice to farmers the first week of April. She was seeding — but not because she’s banking on pulling in a bin-buster. Rather, she’s betting on a bust. Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives’ oilseed specialist, wants to demonstrate the risks of seeding too early, especially frost-sensitive

News, Oilseeds

U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil

By Rod Nickel April 20, 2012

Reuters / Canada’s canola crushers are processing the oilseed at a record-brisk pace, as demand for canola oil heats up among U.S. makers of biodiesel and food products like potato chips. The United States has long been a key export market for canola, Canada’s second-biggest crop after spring wheat, but its appetite has spiked in

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Warning: Soil with seed can spread clubroot

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2012

Manitoba seed and potato growers are being warned about the risk clubroot-infected soil could get to their farm in the seed they bought for spring planting. The Manitoba Clubroot Action Team, consisting of representatives from the Manitoba government, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and the Canola Council of Canada, issued the warning in separate letters to

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Farmers risk squeezing canola rotations into the yield loss zone

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 15, 2012

Western Canadian farmers are expected to plant record canola acres this spring, but the tighter rotations may lead to other agronomic issues, crop specialists warn. After seeding a record 18.9 million acres of canola in 2011, Canadian farmers are poised to shatter that record in 2012. Industry participants are forecasting seedings in the 20-million- to

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Tag Archives Biopesticides

About the Canola Council of Canada

New canola council president loved agriculture from an early age

StatsCan report shows more canola, less wheat

Ethiopian mustard a new biofuel option

Clubroot DNA found in two Manitoba canola fields

Europe’s rapeseed problems may support canola

Seed early with caution

U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil

Warning: Soil with seed can spread clubroot

Farmers risk squeezing canola rotations into the yield loss zone

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