Farmer Panel

How do you limit canola harvest losses?

Drop pans, combine kill stalls and slower ground speeds are tools these farmers use in their quest to lower canola losses out the combine.

Business Management

Stretched too thin? Practice saying ‘no’

Your phone means you’re accessible all the time, which can be good for productivity but really bad for family and work-life balance. Saying ‘no’ includes setting a few smartphone rules.

The Editor's Desk

Royal family

Chuck Penner, in his canola outlook in this issue, forecasts Canadian canola acres at 23.75 million, another record for queen canola. Is this too many for long-term canola sustainability? Think back to 2014. The Canola Council of Canada launched its Keep It Coming strategy, with a target of 52 bu./ac. average yield and a production...

Feature

Sclerotinia infection moves faster than we thought

Once spore-infected flowers fall onto a canola leaf or stem, infection proceeds very quickly, with lesions visible in as little as a day. This was one of many discoveries shared at Canola Discovery Forum in December.

Farmer Panel

Research assistance

Finding co-operators to help with trials is a necessary part of the Ultimate Canola Challenge and Canola Production Trials programs. These four farmers helped with the two programs in 2017, and explain why they did it, the work involved and what they learned from the experience.