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4R highlights from Canola Discovery Forum

Canola Discovery Forum 2020, which was held online in December, had a 4R fertilizer management theme. A panel discussion described why Right Product at the Right Rate, Right Time and Right Place is important and provided tips that will help with adoption and understanding of 4R principles.

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Agronomy Insights

Canola yields in Canada were “average” in 2020. Buried within this “average” is good news out of southern Alberta where farmers had their best year in a long time. In many other areas, fields were looking good in June but then fizzled to average by September. Most farmers were probably satisfied with the result, especially...

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Growers helping growers

Canola growers across the Prairies fund important agronomy research through their annual levy payments to SaskCanola, Alberta Canola and Manitoba Canola Growers. The research committee chairs for each organization explain why they, as growers themselves, support this investment in support of better more profitable canola production.

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Good canola establishment with narrow-row planter

KEY RESULT: For this study conducted in southern Alberta on irrigated and dryland plots, the precision planter with 12″ spacing increased seedling emergence and plant stand density compared to the conventional air drill and precision planter with 20″ spacing — as long as seeding rates were higher than 20 seeds/m2. PROJECT TITLE, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: “Developing...