On Monday, July 26th, another huge storm rolled through southern Alberta inflicting its damage throughout. Strong winds and tornado warnings east of Calgary were accompanied by hail that took out a few crops. The Get More Bushels Super Crop Blot was on the very edge of the destruction and just about suffered substantial losses to the canola!
Get More Bushels Plot - Morning Before Storm
Get More Bushels Plot - Morning After
All of these sunny days we have had in the past week has really helped the canola along. At our Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot near Blackie, the canola has really filled in. Canola is a smart plant and any spare room it has to grow, it will take it and flourish as best it can. Take a look at at the difference a few days makes!
Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot, July 21, 2010
Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot July 25, 2010
The agricultural event of the summer is just around the corner… In two days DynAgra will be touring the Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot and hosting a steak and lobster feast in the field. Bring you bibs and crackers and get ready to Get More Bushels!
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Canola is Coming!
Also noticed on all varieties was some flea beetle damage. The tender cotyledons are like candy to those pesky little black insects. Flea beetle damage looks like little chew marks on the leaves; they will start to feed on the cotyledons first. Threshold levels are where there is 25% damage to the cotyledons.
Growing Up!
Throughout the field there is light to moderate weed pressure. Once the ground dries up, we will be spraying the plot. The InVigor varieties will be getting 1.35 L/ac of Liberty and Centurion. As for the Roundup Ready varieties, we will be going in with 0.5 L/ac of glyphosate.
There is no lack of water in this year’s canola plot, as the moisture levels are excessive. All that the plot needs now is a little bit of sunshine to heat things up and get things growing!
Our Get More Bushels Crop Plot Tour Day is scheduled for July 21, 2010. Stay tuned for more plot updates at www.getmorebushels.com or sign up for updates with our monthly newsletter.
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DynAgra’s Get More Bushels Canola Super Crop Plot was seeded on May 17, 2010. It was a beautiful day to be out in the field, and getting things started for the 2010 growing season. The soil moisture and temperature were ideal, all around great seeding conditions!
Seeding of the 2010 Super Crop Plot
The plot was seeded with a 2008 52 foot 5000 Flexi Coil Airdrill with a 350 bu three tank air cart, ten inch shank spacing and four inch seed spread.
It was seeded at a constant speed of 4.5 miles per hour. We seeded 11 varieties of canola at 5 pounds per acre, along with 77 pounds of actual N (Anhydrous Ammonia, NH3) and 140 pounds of 20-20-15-0 (seed blend). Each strip contains 3.15 acres. There were a total of 24 strips seeded; each variety was replicated within the plot. We also included three technologies that can be added to your canola crops to increase your yield potential, they include, DynAgraVRT, Avail phosphorous coating, and PodCeal.
The plot was seeded on wheat stubble, which had a pre seed burn down with one liter per acre of black label Cheminova on May 15, 2010.
Soil Temperature at 2010 Super Crop Plot
DynAgra’s Agronomy team assisted Brent Gillanders in seeding the plot. From calibrating, soil temperature testing, mapping, depth testing and filling the carts. We will be monitoring closely for germination so keep checking www.getmorebushels.com for more updates.
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The Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot Tour was held on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at the Wheatland Colony. The trials looked great, the presenters were knowledgeable and informative and the weather was co-operative, what more can you ask for!!
All of the representatives from the different canola varieties and the technologies presented to everyone with their up to date innovations that were showcased in the plot. There was information ranging from healthy omega oils to synthetic varieties to managing soil cations. A very educational day! We toured the plot with the representatives and they were open to any questions anyone had to ask.
DynAgra would like to send out a special thank you to the Wheatland colony, for all their hard work in helping us put this tour together!
Tags: Canola, Dynagra, Get More Bushels, Super Crop Plot
There is now heat, a little bit of moisture, and we are starting to see a big difference in the growth of the 13 different varieties of canola. The crop stages still varies between the different strips, but DuPont’s 3150 has the best emergence and is mostly at the 3-4 true leaf stage. The soil temperature was 17.2 degrees Celsius. With heat like this, things are sure going to green up fast!
It is also time to start thinking about the optimal time to spray your Canola. With Roundup Ready and Invigor varieties, it gives you more opportunities to eliminate the weed pressures in your fields to provide you with the most profit in your pockets. This also allows you to apply more than one application to your crop too.
We also want to invite you all to our plot tour, which will be on July 29, 2009 from 10am to 2 pm. The plot is located south of Rockyford, AB. Hope to see you there!
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May 25th was the first time that we were able to find seedlings out of the ground at the Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot. Emergence is still slow on most of the varieties but some are quicker out of the ground than others. DuPont D3150 and the Invigor EXP 674 both have larger codyledons than the other varieties currently. All of the varieties have germinated and are ready to pop out of the ground with another couple days of warm weather.
Moisture conditions in the field are still fair and are promoting a great start to all the varieties. We will be monitoring the plot weekly for new developments so stay tuned to www.getmorebushels.com for all of your canola based updates.
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DynAgra’s Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot was seeded on May 12th and 13th. A few short showers put a damper on us on Tuesday, but we were back at it on Wednesday morning. The moisture levels were great, perfect seeding conditions!
The plot was seeded with a 54 foot Bourgault air drill with eight inch spacings and mid-row disc banders, at a constant speed of 4.5 miles per hour. We seeded the all of the 13 canola varieties at five pounds to the acre, along with 280 pounds of Urea and 88 pounds of 0-20-5-10 (seed blend). Each test strip contains 5.3 acres. 18 strips in total were seeded in this 2009 plot.
The wheat stubble was heavy harrowed last fall, and had a pre burn of glyphosate in the past week.
DynAgra’s Agronomy team assisted Wheatland Colony in seeding the plot. From calibrating, soil temperature testing, mapping, depth testing and filling the carts.
We will be monitoring closely for germination, so keep checking www.getmorebushels.com for more updates.
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