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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
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
soybeans and soybean pods
Markets, Pulse markets

Trade’s outlook for U.S. soybeans bearish on canola

Wheat stocks limit any upside from lower U.S. acres

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Speculation ahead of a much-anticipated dataset from the U.S. Department of Agriculture had ICE Futures Canada canola chopping around a wide range in the week ending March 31. USDA released its prospective plantings and grain stocks reports on March 31. The department’s seeding estimates often act as a major mover in markets, leaving values with
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
Samples approximate visible clubroot symptoms as might be seen in Manitoba, given current spore loads, 
at Dauphin’s CanoLAB canola management workshop March 16.
Crops, Oilseeds

So you’ve got clubroot. Now what?

Farming effectively with clubroot while minimizing the risk of spread

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Manitoba canola growers have heard all about the disastrous effects of clubroot on canola, how easy it is to spread and how difficult it is to manage. At the latest CanoLAB canola management workshop here March 15-16, they heard about how to farm effectively if it’s already present. Since 2003, when the first instance of
Canola drops below chart support with fund selling
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola drops below chart support with fund selling

North America’s weather is poised to become a factor

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The ICE Futures Canada canola market ignored St. Patrick’s Day during the week ended March 17, with no green on any of the board as prices fell below major chart support. The May contract dropped below the 200-day moving average, at $508 per tonne, which brought in additional fund selling and saw values hit their
A panel discussion at the Canola Council of Canada’s annual conference mulled the future of canola research.
Crops, Local news

Canola’s biological future still bright

The crop has been a major beneficiary of good science, something researchers hope 
will continue as they warn of sustainability challenges

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Wilf Keller knows exactly what’s on the top of his canola wish list. Keller heads up Saskatoon’s Ag-West Bio and is well known for his contributions to early plant biotechnology work. At the recent Canola Council of Canada convention he participated in a panel discussion on past and future canola innovation. “We need to look
In this photo of a wilt-affected plant’s stem at harvest, black microsclerotia can be seen just below the surface layer. (Gov.mb.ca/agriculture)
Crops

No point in quarantine for verticillium wilt, CFIA says

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Slapping federal quarantines on canola fields with verticillium wilt wouldn’t serve much purpose, since the yield-robbing fungi is already in all of Canada’s major canola-growing areas, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. While the agency itself is recommending against regulation, CFIA on Wednesday posted a draft of a risk management document on verticillium wilt, seeking

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