Race identification offers canola growers a precision-level guide to the exact resistance that they need, but will it work?
By now many canola producers have heard about race-testing blackleg samples. It’s a precision testing practice that recommends the canola variety needed to fend off different “races” of blackleg, the fungal crop disease costing Canadian canola producers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. One might look at it as another tool to integrate into […] Read moreTag Archives Clint Jurke
Blackleg gene tests questioned
Glacier FarmMedia – Genetics are the tools of choice to minimize losses from blackleg, but there are signs that tried and true resistance genes might not be packing the same punch in every infected field. The fungal disease remains one of the most prevalent threats for canola, and gained particular traction this year after a […] Read more
Much-needed rain falls as harvest nears the end
Most crops have gone into the bin across the Prairies, although work continues on late-stage crops such as corn and flax
Ron Krahn, a Manitoba canola farmer, beat the rain last week as he finished up his last few acres and called harvest 2023 officially over. He described the season as better than expected with yields tied for best ever on his farm near Rivers, Man. “We had some substantial hail this year on about half […] Read more
