For this new series, Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists take a particular agronomy challenge and provide solutions, with consideration for risks and costs. In this case, Warren Ward looks at fall fertilizer applications as a way to meet canola nitrogen needs while stream-lining spring seeding operations.
New research from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada found that dairy cows’ methane emissions, as a percentage of gross energy intake, declined as the amount of canola meal in the diet increased. This energy was captured in greater milk production, rather than lost to the atmosphere.
With $9 million from the federal government’s Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership and another $8 million from grower organizations and industry, the next round of Canola AgriScience Cluster research will help strengthen Canada’s canola sector.
Canola processing expansion on the Prairies means Canada will be adding more value at home. It also means moving more oil and meal, less grain. Are we ready?
