SASKATOON — Mike Jubinville spent a portion of his weekend poring over his canola supply and demand balance sheet. “To be honest with you, I was starting to feel pretty optimistic about canola,” he said. Related stories: The numbers indicated there would be extended periods of 2024-25 where the market would need to ration supplies, […] Read more
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Analyst confident canola can weather anti-dumping storm
SASKATOON — Canada is well equipped to handle the latest canola dispute with China, says an analyst. For one thing, the industry has become far less export dependent the last couple of years, said Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research. Related stories: He is forecasting that crushers will process 11 to 12 million tonnes […] Read more
Tariffs on Chinese EVs prompt canola worries
SASKATOON — Some people are wondering if canola could once again be in China’s crosshairs if the country retaliates against a series of new punitive tariffs announced by Canada on Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a 100 per cent surtax will be levied on all Chinese-made electric vehicles effective Oct. 1, 2024. Related stories: […] Read more
Scout for fungal diseases in the fall
Harvest is a good time for producers to see how much sclerotinia slipped through the control cracks during the season
Glacier FarmMedia – Canola growers can evaluate levels of sclerotinia in their fields when it’s time to swath the crop, and the Canola Council of Canada says that’s the ideal time to scout. Sclerotinia is typically one of the top canola diseases on the Prairies, although disease surveys found few infections in Manitoba last year. […] Read more
Verticillium stripe in spotlight as threat grows
A U of A study just wrapped up, and four Canola Agronomic Research Program projects are now investigating the disease
Glacier FarmMedia – If you’re a canola grower on the Prairies, you know there are no chemical solutions or varieties to kill or resist soil-borne verticillium stripe disease. You may also know the handful of management practices that can thwart the disease to some extent. And if a crop has been damaged by it, you […] Read more
Time runs out for a negotiated settlement for Canada’s railway labour dispute
Deadline for lockout set by two major railways expires tonight at one minute past midnight
UPDATED: 0745 CST August 22, 2024 – Glacier FarmMedia – As pressure mounts on the federal government to intervene in the labour dispute between Canada’s two largest railways and their workers, the threat of a stoppage became reality earlier today. The countdown to the lockdown deadline set by the railways ran out at one minute […] Read more
Farmers handed new sclerotinia weapon
Glacier FarmMedia – Canola growers have new weapons against sclerotinia. The Canola Council of Canada announced June 26 that three sclerotinia-related links top the page of its Canola Calculator, an online hub that also provides resources and tools for harvest loss, blackleg yield loss estimations, seeding rates, plant density targets and more. The first addition […] Read more
Watch spray timing this year
Late seeding this year will require producers to watch pre-harvest intervals for any pesticides they apply. “That’s really critical, especially this year,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist and market access and pesticides lead with the Canola Council of Canada. “There are a lot of products that have one- or seven-day PHIs (pre-harvest intervals), but […] Read more
Wet conditions stoke sclerotinia fears
The Canola Council of Canada said split fungicide applications will protect canola longer if the bloom period is delayed
Glacier FarmMedia – Manitoba canola producers are hoping this season will echo last year’s scarcity of sclerotinia, but recent wet conditions may have laid groundwork for the fungus to return. Dry weather last year tamped sclerotinia. The yearly disease survey found that, of 129 surveyed fields, only 13 per cent showed signs of the disease. […] Read more
Weather, pests cause headaches for farmers
Widespread heavy rain late last week expected to help some and hinder others as a major system hit western Prairies
REGINA — June threw a little bit of everything at Prairie crops except for the heat they need to advance. Rain continued to fall last week in regions that have already had enough and others that still need more. On June 28, heavy rains were reported through central Alberta and Saskatchewan agricultural areas, flooding social […] Read more
