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St. Claude, Mb, Canada | Input cost on it is going to be 1.5x soys, yield will not likely be as good. 65 bushel spring canola needs cold heavy ground and hope you don't get more than about 2 days of 85 or higher in a row during flowering. Wants 2.5 lbs actual n per bushel can sometimes get away with 2 if the year is right. Also like 1 lb actual P per bushel and .75lb of k. Sulfur is a must, likely 25 to 30 pounds high high yield environment.Need copper zinc and boron levels to be sufficient or will have to be added to pre plant, or foliar in the case of boron. Decent chance you will have to spray for flea Beatles before your first post pass. Can sometimes get away with doing first post pass with insecticide. Usually needs 2 passes post but not always. Fungicide will be a must, its a jungle environment under the canopy. Biggest disease is sclerotinia stem rot, pathogens blow in from nearby wheat and can stay in soil. Usually falling blooms landing on branch joints will be infection sites. There are a few other bad diseases that can take a crop out completely. Its the crop that we actively look for reasons not to grow up here. Even when it looks good and has enough moisture it still disappoints almost every year. | |
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Someone please explain canola
