Canola establishment benefits from a uniform spread of crop residue. The fewer steps required to spread residue uniformly, the greater the profitability of canola. Here’s how the combine alone can do the job.
Canola growers who want to try variable rate and section control but don’t want to buy a whole new drill can retrofit instead. This could be a good fall and winter project.
Canola 4R Advantage, funded through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF), offers financial support to growers as they initiate or advance 4R Nutrient Stewardship on their farms.
The canola disease verticillium stripe is found across the Prairies and is already at yield-damaging levels in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. This article provides tips to accurate diagnosis this fall.