Growing With Canola

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Scientist Neil Harker and Canola Council of Canada agronomist Justine Cornelsen discuss seeding rates for canola and getting your canola crop off to a good start.

Commercial beekeeper Lee Townsend and Canola Council of Canada agronomist Gregory Sekulic discuss bee health, neonics, the role of bees in canola production and best management practices for growers. To learn more about the sweet relationship between bees and canola visit http://www.canolacouncil.org/markets-stats/industry-overview/bees-and-canola-a-sweet-relationship/

Sprayer specialist Tom Wolf and Canola Council of Canada agronomist Warren Ward discuss pre-seed weed control. Tom and Warren cover a number of topics including timing, rates, water volumes, nozzles and more.

Canola Council of Canada agronomist Clint Jurke and Alberta Innovates pathologist Ralph Lange discuss blackleg and blackleg resistance in canola. Blackleg is one of the main yield robbers for canola, so management of the disease is critical, and using resistant varieties is one of the tools that needs to be not only used, but understood.

Entomologist Scott Meers from Alberta Agriculture and Canola Council of Canada agronomist Keith Gabert discuss the upcoming growing season and the insects to keep an eye on.

Canola Council agronomist Dan Orchard and central Alberta farmer Scott Keller join host Dean Thorpe in studio for a discussion on clubroot and an update on clubroot resistance. EDITORIAL NOTE: Clubroot is not really mutating (as stated in the introduction). The pathogen in a field, with high spore loads, will consist of many different pathotypes or stains. How many, we don't know. But it appears that there will be some pathotypes there that resistance does not work against. It is these pathotypes that will be able increase when resistant varieties are used.

Alberta's Provincial Oilseed Specialist Murray Hartman discusses selecting canola varieties and how to make adjustments to deal with variance in seed size.

Dan Orchard from the Canola Council of Canada and Manitoba Soil Fertility Specialist John Heard discuss the problem of mining soil phosphorous, and how to ensure you maintain adequate levels.

Curtis Rempel, the VP of Crop Production and Innovation at the Canola Council of Canada discusses the new canola research hub website. The hub is the home to interactive research results gathered from projects funded by growers. Visit http://canolaresearch.ca

Farm Management Advisor Merle Good discusses the upcoming Leading edge Farm Management Series and what ideas will be discussed. For all coming events visit www.albertacanola.com/events

Speaker Dean Gallimore discusses the upcoming Leading Edge Farm Management series taking place in Grande Prairie, Nisku and Lethbridge. Find out more on all of our events at http://albertacanola.com/events

ACPC's Karla Bergstrom discusses the upcoming Social Licence in Agriculture Conference being held this March in Nisku. All of ACPC's events can be found at www.albertacanola.com/events

ACPC General Manager Ward Toma discusses the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit that allows canola growers to claim the tax credit for that portion of the check off paid that was used to fund qualifying research.

ACPC Chairman Lee Markert discusses the 25th Annual General Meeting of the Alberta Canola Producers and what is on the docket for 2015.

Susan Sutherland from the CME discusses learning to use the wheat futures at the upcoming HedgingEdge courses.

ACPC General Manager Ward Toma discusses the upcoming Annual General Meeting and some of the challenges and opportunities that the canola industry is working on

Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Keith Gabert discusses the different sessions at the upcoming canoLAB in Olds, Alberta

Rick Taillieu discusses the upcoming HedgingEdge marketing courses being hosted by Alberta Canola and Alberta Wheat.

Alberta Canola Producers General Manager Ward Toma looks back at 2014; a year that saw ACPC celebrate its 25th Anniversary and the arrival of new challenges with clubroot.

Simone Demers Collins with some helpful tips on taking to friends and neighbours about farming, GMO's and canola.