Business Management

9 steps to find and keep skilled workers

Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council provides nine steps to recruit, select and hire the right people for the job. This article is based on a webinar sponsored by Alberta Canola.

Science

Less seed-placed fertilizer means more seed survival

Lee Erickson discovered that high rates of fertilizer in the seed row were having a devastating effect on his canola seed survival.

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Precise seed-to-seed spacing not necessary for canola

Key Practice: The key step in seed placement is to achieve the overall target population with some aspect of uniform distribution and depth. Precision tools to enhance seed spacing in the row provide little evident economic benefit. Project Title, Lead Researcher: “Seeding rates for precision seeded canola,” 2012-14, Gazali Issah, Western Applied Research Corporation Grower...

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Reseed when fewer than two plants per square foot

While hybrid canola has a high degree of phenotypic plasticity that allows it to compensate for low plant populations, growers need to know when the population is likely too low to compensate for the reduced plant stand. Reseeding is more likely to provide an economic benefit when: the population is below 20 plants per square...

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Blackleg and Sclerotinia Management Tools for the Prairies

Canola producers support research-advancing management strategies and new tools for blackleg and sclerotinia in canola.