Growing With Canola

RealAg Radio was on location for canolaPALOOZA in LAcombe on June 27, 2017. Thanks to RealAg for sharing this content. Visit them at www.realagriculture.com

Christie Pollack shares her experience at the Alberta Canola leaders event that brings together young farmers from across Alberta each year.

Murray Hartman discusses the upcoming science-O-rama event taking place April 6 in Edmonton. For complete details visit http://albertacanola.com Thanks to Alberta Agriculture & Forestry for sharing this Call of the Land Interview

Canola Council of Canada agronomist Dan Orchard discusses when to swath canola.

Daniel Graham from the Alberta Financial Services Corporation(AFSC) provides a quick update on insurance coverage

Alberta Oilseed Specialist Murray Hartman and Canola Council Agronomy Specialist Warren Ward discuss the upcoming harvest season and the decisions that growers face in highly variable fields.

Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Keith Gabert talks about looking for lygus bug damage in your canola. Knowing your economic threshold is important when counting lygus in your sweep net. For more information of lygus bugs visit these sites: http://www.canolacouncil.org/canola-encyclopedia/insects/lygus-bug/ http://www.canolawatch.org/tag/lygus/

Brian Innes, VP of Government Relations with the Canola Council of Canada discusses the importance of Canada's export markets and the role that observing Maximum Residue Limits (MRL's) plays in the process.

Murray Hartman and Gregory Sekulic discuss the future of canola. Murray predicts the changes to the canola industry will be as dramatic in the next 25 years as they were in the last 25 years.

Keith Downey is one of the fathers of canola, a Canadian researcher who helped to develop the low glucosinolate and low erucic acid oil characteristic. This Canola Watch podcast, recorded at the International Rapeseed Congress in Saskatoon July 7, 2015, features a conversation with Downey, along with Canola Council of Canada V.P. Curtis Rempel, Alberta Canola Producers Commission director Daryl Tuck and host Jay Whetter. You can read CanolaWatch and subscribe for free at www.canolawatch.org

Dr. Steve Marcroft of Australia and Clint Jurke of the Canola Council of Canada discuss blackleg in Australia and how they are managing resistance to the disease down under.

Dr. Kelly Turkington from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and the Canola Council's Clint Jurke discuss sclerotinia management and if this is the year to spray a fungicide or not.

Rick Taillieu with Alberta Canola discusses the one day, hands-on grain grading course for farmers being held on July 28, 2015 at Olds College. Complete details are at http://albertacanola.com/events Rick also talks about the first ever canolaPALOOZA held in Lacombe.

Canola Council agronomists Nicole Philp and Keith Gabert discuss what to scout for in dry conditions with a special eye on insects and the thresholds that justify control measures.

Sprayer specialist Tom Wolf and Canola Council agronomist Warren Ward discuss sprayer tank cleanout, application tips and some resources for spraying.

Canola Council agronomist Dan Orchard and Alberta Canola extension coordinator Rick Taillieu discuss the upcoming canolaPALOOZA and peacePALOOZA events

Saskatchewan's provincial entomologist Scott Hartley and the Canola Council's Keith Gabert discuss flea beetles - assessing damage, economic thresholds and applying insecticides after a frost or before a rain.

Canola Council of Canada agronomists Angela Brackenreed and Keith Gabert discuss the importance of early weed control in canola.

Provincial Oilseed Specialist Murray Hartman and Alberta Canola's Rick Taillieu discuss the importance of scouting canola at the time of emergence and what to look for.

Clubroot resistance is breaking down, in fields scattered throughout Alberta. Dan Orchard and Clint Jurke with the Canola Council of Canada discuss what these means for growers across Western Canada.