Canola Council of Canada

As more producers are finishing up harvest, an Agronomy Specialist with the Canola Council of Canada is encouraging farmers to look for signs of verticillium stripe in their fields as part of their post-harvest work. The soil-borne disease that causes yield loss in canola crops was first reported on the Prairies a decade ago, and […]

The “Stop the Strike” coalition held a news conference Wednesday morning, calling on CN Rail and CPKC Rail to resolve their labour dispute with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. However, the deadline of midnight Eastern Time (10:01 p.m. SK time) came and went without a deal in place. Crew scheduling and fatigue management are among […]

Not many years ago, the vast majority of canola crops were swathed ahead of combining. With pod shatter resistance becoming common in canola varieties, straight cutting has gained popularity. Shawn Senko, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada out of Saskatoon, says there has been an uptick in adopting straight cutting over the last 5 years. Senko noted 66 […]

Canola crops in the Parkland region are ahead of their normal development for this time of year. That’s according to Canola Council of Canada Agronomy Specialist Warren Ward from Springside. Ward says canola emerged quite quickly in the spring due to good moisture conditions and warm temperatures.  Ward says there are some signs of heat […]