Agronomy Insights

Tips and tools from the Canola Council of Canada agronomy team

Feature

Canada seeks place in global market for plant protein

Protein Industries Canada, one of five research superclusters chosen for federal government funding, will improve Canada’s ability to take a lead role in the rising global trade in plant-based protein. Register for PIC’s Thought Leaders Summit in Winnipeg, Man. in October.

Feature

Canola agronomy priorities for 2018

Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists describe their key messages for 2018. Clubroot leads the way for many of them.

Science

Banding N shows clear yield advantage with lower N rates

Key result: In this east-central Manitoba study comparing surface, shallow-band and deep band nitrogen applications, any yield effect from nitrogen losses were minimal when nitrogen was applied at 100 per cent of the recommended rate. Losses were still happening, but the N rate compensated. At 70 per cent of recommended rate, the yield-damaging effect of...