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When straight-combining, hybrid choice matters more than header type

Key result: While this three-year study was designed to compare three straight-cut headers and a swathed check, results found that using a shatter-tolerant variety was much more important than header type for lowering the risk from straight-combining canola. Project title, Principal investigator: “Canola direct-cut harvest system development,” Nathan Gregg, PAMI Funding: SaskCanola, WGRF, ADF The...

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Harvest tips for weed seed management

Key Result: If one goal at harvest is to reduce the weed seed bank, producers should focus their efforts on harvesting canola as soon as the crop is mature with the aid of chaff collectors or pulverization techniques. For the majority of producers not using these types of equipment, an alternative strategy might be to...

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A storage plan for winter-to-summer weather changes

Key result: Leave it, aerate it or turn it? If canola in the bin is dry and cold coming out of winter, then just leave it be. But monitor the temperature, watching for any rapid increases. Have a plan to move the seed if an issue arises. Project title, Principal investigator: “Determining best practices for...

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CCC Growing Forward 2 Updates

Here are summaries for the remaining 10 ongoing studies funded through the $20 million Growing Forward 2 (GF2) research agreement between the federal government and the Canola Council of Canada.

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More Grower-funded research projects

Canola growers across the Prairies fund dozens of research projects with their levy payments to the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, Alberta Canola Producers Commission and Manitoba Canola Growers Association. Many of those projects are funded through their joint Canola Agronomic Research Program (CARP), which has been going for almost 30 years. Other projects are funded through arrangements with other organizations listed in these summaries. Here are short descriptions and updates for ongoing projects directly funded by provincial canola grower organizations. See below for an explanation of all abbreviations.