canola

There’s expected to be a big jump in Canola acreage this year with estimates ranging anywhere from 18 to 21 million acres across the Prairies.

Pat Flaten is a Research Manager with Sask Canola. While we’re seeing strong prices for canola she cautions producers not to push their canola rotations, “The rotation remains one in every three to four years, blending in some cereals or pulses into that rotation it just breaks up those pests whether it's insects or weeds or disease.”

She said when seeding Canola you want to get it in the ground early adding it’s important to make sure your equipment is set properly, “Taking time to actually set a seeder and check that placement is good. Want shallow seeding and we want to be consistent we want separation from the fertilizer. When we've got over ten dollar, twelve, fourteen dollar canola to work with it's certainly worth it.”

Analysts are predicting a jump in Canola acreage this year with estimates ranging anywhere from 18 to 21 million acres across the Prairies.

Some key agronomic tips when growing canola include everything from early weed control to seeding early, fertilizing to your yield expectations, and of course watching for disease and insect problems throughout the growing season.