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• Canola Digest
• January 2017
• Harvest tech lures me to Agritechnica
• Flea beetle management
• Canola stand establishment
• Manitoba Bulletin

• Bending tech

• Canola oil can help control blood sugar

• Unlocking canola’s genetic potential for yield

• Four ideas from Canola Discovery Forum
• Observations from Canola Discovery Forum 2016

• Profits over yields

• Make dough with canola oil
• Verticillium stripe: Measuring the threat

• Disruption distraction

• Use your capital gain exemption
• Saskatchewan Bulletin
• Looking back at the China trade dispute
• Alberta Bulletin
• January 2018
• January 2019
• January 2020
• January 2021
• January 2022
• January 2023
• March 2017

• Vegetable oil and oilseeds outlook

• Sclerotinia management
• Keep it Clean
• The history of canola
• Updates
• On Caring
• Building leaders
• Plant establishment

• UCC to continue nitrogen trials

• CPT: An excellent tool for the grower toolbox

• Down Under differences and similarities

• Toronto food influencers Bake With Canola

• “Canola: A Canadian Story of Innovation” begins national tour

• Position versus interest

• Alberta Bulletin
• Manitoba Bulletin
• Saskatchewan Bulletin
• March 2018
• March 2019
• March 2020
• March 2021
• March 2022
• March 2023
• November 2016
• Canadian canola oil fits with new Chinese dietary guidelines
• Farm show season
• In favour of science-based trade rules
• Over and over and over again
• ProPound expands canola meal opportunities for poultry and swine
• Lake Effect
• Alberta Bulletin
• GM labelling: A cat and mouse game?
• Why Jack in the Box uses canola oil
• Fundamental transportation issues remain
• Impacts of fertilizer on yield
• Colour guides help farmers assess green or heated seed
• Canola market snapshot
• Marketing strategy starts here
• Honest engagement
• Manitoba Bulletin
• Saskatchewan Bulletin
• Chef Chris Corkum, canola champion
• Herbicide resistance prevention
• November 2017
• November 2018
• November 2019
• November 2020
• November 2021
• November 2022
• Science Edition 2013
• Juncea versus napus
• Short-term bags
• Wild oat options
• Stands too thin
• Attack on diamondback moth
• Stubble height
• More plants, more yield
• Quick recovery
• High yields
• Seed shallow
• Legume benefits
• Rotation and weeds
• A ground attack
• Product and placement
• GreenSeeker evaluation
• More nitrogen
• Input ROI
• Polymer coated P
• Sclerotinia petal test
• Sclerotinia predictor
• GHG improvement
• Blackleg monitoring
• Long-term plan
• Sustainable rotation
• Openers and emergence
• Pest management
• Striped versus crucifer
• Limit loss
• Measuring loss
• Yield factors
• High-oil storage
• Science Edition 2014
• Improve nitrogen use efficiency
• Phosphorus is often under-applied
• Top dress if deficiencies are likely
• Canola needs sulphur fertilizer
• Potassium deficiency shows first in cereals
• Micronutrients: Take care of macros first
• Rotate crops for blackleg and clubroot management
• Thicker stands improve weed management
• Control weeds early
• Follow insect thresholds
• Take care of beneficial insects
• Ensure all crop inputs are working together
• Genetics will reduce harvest losses
• Harvest prep starts in the spring
• Wait for 60 percent seed colour change
• Reduce losses while combining
• Store it, but don’t forget it
• Research briefs: Growing Forward 2 projects
• Grower-funded research projects
• Toward genetic gain of eight bushels per acre
• Target seven to 10 plants per square foot
• Aim for uniform stands
• Earlier seeding generally increases yield
• Seed at 1/2″ to 1″ deep
• Put only phosphate in the seed row
• Use seed treatment to minimize early disease
• Protect canola from early insect feeding
• Apply enough nitrogen
• Science Edition 2015
• Night spraying outperforms dawn for weed management
• Glyphosate-resistant kochia survey
• Growing Forward 2 projects
• Spraying for weevils reduces lygus bugs and increases yield
• Seed early to reduce swede midge damage
• Biocontrol of canola cutworms
• Shift in flea beetle species composition
• Straight combining: environment and timeliness matter more than variety
• Monitor stored canola heading into summer
• Grower-funded research projects
• Understanding the cellular mechanisms of clubroot disease and developing a new form of clubroot resistance
• An improved hybrid system for breeding canola Brassica juncea
• Feasibility of growing winter types of Brassica rapa in Alberta
• PSI Lab tracks clubroot in soil
• Ultimate Canola Challenge tests new products
• Inside the Canola Research Hub
• Seeding between rows improves stand establishment
• Long-term no-till improves early N availability
• Yield drops with fewer than five plants per square foot
• Precise seed-to-seed spacing not necessary for canola
• Reseed when fewer than two plants per square foot
• Annual soil tests improve nitrogen returns
• Manure-sourced P fertilizer increases crop safety
• Blackleg metabolites do not add risk to canola products for export
• Fungicide strategies for blackleg
• Diversity key to blackleg resistance stewardship
• Diverse crop rotations reduce soil-borne disease pressure
• How to protect clubroot resistance
• Mapping a route to clubroot resistance
• Science Edition 2016
• Herbicides that could improve cleavers control
• Investigation into pod drop and pod retention resistance
• Speed one factor in lower harvest losses
• Aim for consistent seed depth
• Storage bags work best with dry canola
• Lots of diversity in clubroot resistance
• One step closer to sclerotinia control
• Disease management tools for blackleg and sclerotinia
• Growing Forward 2 Updates
• Aster yellows: Seed treatment benefit; rating damage
• EC cannot help make VR strategies more consistent
• The fate of sulphur fertilizers in the soil
• Fungal endophyte could improve canola yield
• Assessing current soil-test based fertilizer recommendations
• Grower-funded research projects
• Profitability and sustainability can go hand-in-hand
• What better way to learn about blackleg?
• New threats: Aster yellows and swede midge
• How to run a field-scale trial
• High rates of parasitism on diamondback moth larvae
• Consider seed size when targeting optimum plant stand
• Real-time diagnosis in the field
• Identification of superior crop rotations
• Bertha armyworm monitoring system still works
• Ideal seeding speed depends on drill, conditions
• Less seed-placed fertilizer means more seed survival
• Economize on fungicide through rapid detection of sclerotinia
• Identifying and controlling cutworms
• Science Edition 2017
• Science Edition 2018
• Science Edition 2019
• Science Edition 2020
• Science Edition 2021
• Science Edition 2022
• September 2016
• Fall fertilizer applications
• The Continued Case for Reduced Tillage
• Meet Two Canola Ambassadors
• Set standards, improve results
• The 24/7 Paradox
• Alberta Bulletin
• Saskatchewan Bulletin
• Manitoba Bulletin
• Storage risk
• Late cutting
• Harvest losses and their causes
• Seed to the rescue: What is the response time?
• The seedy side of Chile
• Do you know your soil’s character?
• September 2017
• Full Circle
• Alberta Bulletin
• Saskatchewan Bulletin
• Manitoba Bulletin
• 50 Years of Growing Brassicas
• On-off strategies for canola aeration
• Variety decisions
• What attendees learned at canola­PALOOZA 2017
• What we know about straight combining canola
• Top 10 grain contract questions
• Canola seed advances for 2018
• Billions of benefits beyond the farm
• A Hub of activity at canolaPALOOZA
• Swede midge, clubroot challenge Ontario canola
• Management options for heavy residue
• 9 steps to find and keep skilled workers
• September 2018
• September 2019
• September 2020
• September 2021
• September 2022