Commodity News Service Canada – It’s a nervous time for Canada’s canola industry as it lobbies the Chinese government over a plan to impose new dockage rules on imports of Canadian canola on Sept. 1. That’s when China’s quarantine agency, AQSIQ, says the dockage allowances for Canadian canola will be pegged at one per cent, down […] Read more
Proposed Chinese canola dockage rules worry Canadian industry
Five steps to market-ready canola
International buyers are testing like never before — but meeting their standards is easy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Growing a good canola crop isn’t just about high yield or quality — it’s also about getting that crop ready to market on a global scale. “We export about 90 per cent of what we produce in Canada, so being able to meet the requirements of our export customers is really important for having open […] Read more
Thin canola stands are sometimes the more economical choice
Under the right conditions, a thin plant stand may actually outperform a thicker one
Reading Time: 3 minutes Prevention is worth a pound of cure when it comes to a thin plant stand in your canola crop — because there really is no cure once the plants have emerged. “There’s a number of different things you can do to prevent a thin plant stand, but as far as a rescue, there’s nothing that’s […] Read more
Learn how to grade your grain
July 26 workshop to be held in Vermilion
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Making the Grade workshops will be held at Lakeland College in Vermilion on July 26. Experts will show producers how to grade barley, wheat, canola, and pulses in hands-on sessions. “Understanding grain grading and factors affecting quality is important for all crop producers as it affects their bottom line,” said Terry Young, a producer […] Read more
Canola, field peas flowering, soil moisture mostly good to excellent
Alberta crop conditions as of July 5
Reading Time: 2 minutes Crop condition ratings improved in all regions of the province with the greatest improvement occurring in the South and Central regions. Precipitation in the form of frequent showers prevailed throughout the province and was much welcomed in the dry western areas though the precipitation was an unwanted impediment to those spraying fungicides or baling hay. […] Read more
Think big — as in ‘52 bushels of canola per acre’ big
Is a 50 per cent jump in canola yields by 2025 possible? The Canola Council of Canada says, ‘You bet’
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stay slow and steady, fertilize appropriately, and cut down on your harvest losses. These and other strategies can increase your canola yields, and help the Canola Council of Canada achieve its ambitious target of an average of 52 bushels per acre by 2025. “It’s not an easy target,” said Clint Jurke, the canola council’s agronomy […] Read more
Cleavers not threatening exports, Canola Council says
CNS Canada — Suggestions that canola shipments to China could be in jeopardy because of concerns over herbicide-resistant weeds are being refuted by the Canola Council of Canada. Great Northern Growers Inc., an agriculture service business in Saskatoon that sells herbicides and other products, said it has heard China doesn’t want pesticide-resistant weeds coming into […] Read more
Newfoundland’s first canola field seeded
Provincial crop researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador have scored a first for the province this spring by seeding its first-ever canola field. Dignitaries including Premier Dwight Ball and Christopher Mitchelmore, the minister responsible for the provincial Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, attended the seeding Friday near Pasadena, about 30 km east of Corner Brook. Agency researchers and […] Read more
Prairie canola weathers early frost test
CNS Canada –– Despite freezing temperatures in some parts of Western Canada over the past few days, canola appears to be relatively healthy, according to crop watchers. While the true extent of freezing mornings that started last Thursday and stretched into the weekend isn’t yet completely known, two agronomy specialists from the Canola Council of […] Read more
Alberta farmers easing back the canola throttle this year
Production is forecast to drop by eight per cent – 500,000 acres – from last year
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the threat of another drought looming large in farmers’ minds, some Alberta canola acres could be lost to other crops in 2016. During its spring-seeding intentions survey, Alberta producers told StatsCan they intend to grow 5.6 million acres of canola in 2016 — a hefty eight per cent drop from last year’s 6.1 million […] Read more