The Canola Council of Canada, in its 2024 survey of agronomy providers, asked what canola agronomy risk factors will be big concerns over the next five years. Temperature stress was the top answer. Herbicide-resistant weeds, top answer in the previous survey, was second.
The new Prairie Precision Sustainability Network has a pilot program to help farmers map the historic profitability of zones within fields. It flags areas that are perpetually unprofitable. Farmers can then decide what areas may benefit from different management practices.
Farms can set a new and updated canola yield target each year based on yield potential for the area, soil moisture outlook and profit calculations.
A new report from GlobalData Plc calculated the economic impact based on average results for 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24. The impact includes 206,000 jobs and over $16 billion in wages.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is like the workhorse of genetics, taking code from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and using that code to construct proteins – the building blocks of life. RNA activity is a hot topic in science, including for human health and agriculture.
University of Manitoba researcher Mark Belmonte spoke at the conference. He and his U of M colleague Steve Whyard have uncovered new ways to protect canola from flea beetles and sclerotinia stem rot through RNA interference (RNAi).