Canola Discovery Forum 2020, which was held online in December, had a 4R fertilizer management theme. A panel discussion described why Right Product at the Right Rate, Right Time and Right Place is important and provided tips that will help with adoption and understanding of 4R principles.
With travel restrictions due to COVID-19, how do you do a trade mission? Virtually, of course. The Canola Council of Canada held its first online trade mission, hosting a South Korean delegation on January 11
While planters can, in theory, provide a picket-fence of perfectly spaced, uniformly-emerging canola plants, the path to get there is full of challenges for farms in Western Canada who want one seeding tool that works in a no-till system.
Canola growers and agronomists can use spore detection tools to identify the presence of the sclerotinia pathogen in a field. This answers a major question – but not the only question — when it comes to sclerotinia stem rot risk.
Fertilizer rates based on soil sampling is a basic part of 4R nutrient management. This article explains how Federated Co-op 4R designated agronomists can help a farm allocate fertilizer resources based on the productivity of each field or zones within each field.