Alberta Canola’s 29th Annual General Meeting was held January 29 at the FarmTech Conference in Edmonton. Following the meeting, John Guelly of Westlock was elected as chair, and Kevin Serfas of Turin was elected vice-chair. Roger Chevraux of Killam was elected from the floor of the Annual General Meeting, and Wayne Schneider of Nisku was...

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Canola AgriScience Cluster – turning research into knowledge

The CAP Canola Cluster Wrap-Up on day four of Canola Week featured short reports on 16 research projects from the Canola AgriScience Cluster.

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New Seed Tech for 2020

Canadian canola growers will have access to TruFlex, which expands the application rate and window for glyphosate on canola. InVigor growers will notice a new acres-per-bag approach to seed packaging. Seed companies continue to layer more high-demand traits into the same hybrids.

In 2014, SaskCanola invested in a project to answer some of the basic questions around header selection and use of dividers for straight cutting canola,” explains Bernie McClean, SaskCanola board member and chair of the research committee. “The team at PAMI has completed the project and published a straight cutting guidebook that will provide information...

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BeGrainSafe: Tips for safe grain handling

From climbing bins to cleaning out bridged grain to moving augers around power lines, the job of handling grain has many potential hazards. It helps to recognize risk scenarios and take measures to get the job done safely.