Articles tagged under: canola
Excessive Moisture Made For Tough Canola Research Year
Published December 4, 2020
Speaking at the virtual Minnesota Canola Council’s Canola Symposium, University of Minnesota-Magnusson Research Farm Director Dave Grafstrom updated canola growers on the 2020 research projects. Grafstrom said excessive moisture made for a tough variety trial plot with abnormally high coefficient…Canadian Canola Production Declines in 2020
Published December 4, 2020
Canada’s canola production was down 4.5 percent at 18.7 million tonnes on lower production in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The latest Stats Can report said the national average yield decreased three percent to 40 bushels per acre while harvested acres fell…Canada Produces More Wheat, Corn and Soybeans in 2020
Published December 4, 2020
According to Statistics Canada, the favorable growing season allowed Canada’s farmers produced more wheat, soybeans, corn and small grains last year while canola production was down. Total wheat production was up nearly eight percent on increased acreage and a yield…Canola Growers Meet to Review Research
Published November 8, 2020
The Northern Canola Growers Association hosted a virtual research conference on Thursday. Throughout the morning, attendees heard about canola fertility trials, blackleg and clubroot resistance, the 2020 breeding program and more. NDSU Extension Entomologist Jan Knodel reflected on insecticide resistance…Canola Futures Hits Record High Price
Published October 23, 2020
ICE November canola futures set a new record high of C$550.30 per metric ton during the trading day on Wednesday. Northern Crops Marketing and Investments president Brad Paulson thinks a combination of spread unwinding and rumors of a short sunflower…Canola Harvest Wrapping Up in ND
Published September 23, 2020
Custom harvester David Misener is wrapping up canola harvest in the Rolla, North Dakota area. "Some canola yielded more than 2,000 pounds an acre, but on the other end, some yielding less than that. It all depends on when it…Canola Harvest is Coming Fast in Devils Lake, ND Area
Published September 6, 2020
BASF Seed Advisor Rob Hamann says farmers are starting to desiccate the crop. "There's been a few odd fields getting harvested and I haven't heard yields on those yet, but the majority of harvest will be around the corner here,"…Spring Wheat Harvest Progressing Near Rolla, ND
Published September 5, 2020
In the Rolla, North Dakota area, Tim Mickelson is half done with the spring wheat harvest. So far, the crop has good quality. "In this whole area, the spring wheat yields are off probably 10 to 15 bushels per acre,…Variable Spring Wheat and Canola in West Central ND
Published August 22, 2020
Around the Bismarck, North Dakota area, Byron Richard is done harvesting spring wheat and canola. The spring wheat was impacted by the drier conditions and the canola below average. "Yields further south were running about 1,300 to 1,400 pounds on…