About last Friday the Emails started from different companies telling me that I have to spray my canola crop. Then on Monday the following from the Canola council.
Canola growers with moisture-stressed crops have had to decide whether they have the yield potential to justify applying a fungicide.
The wet conditions across the province are conducive for sclerotinia infection.
"The prevalence of sclerotinia is basically directly correlated to moisture conditions, in particular the amount two weeks before and throughout flowering. So a large majority of Manitoba is in a high moisture situation and at an elevated risk of sclerotinia infection," says Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.
She notes for some fields growers are facing a difficult decision on whether a fungicide application is economical.
"It's a really tricky question. For some fields it will be obvious while others will be on the cusp," says Brackenreed. "The general rule for sclerotinia is the yield loss will be about half of the percent of infection. If you were to have 20 percent infection, you'd see about a 10 percent yield loss."
Fungicide applications are preventative so a producer has to estimate yield potential and sclerotinia risk, she explains.
Brackenreed also notes leaving a check-strip can help with similar decisions in future years.
So lets do the math using their calculations.
60 bus potential with 20% disease will take 6 bushels or leave farmer with 54 crop.
6 x 10 = 60 - 30 app and sprayer so you get a extra 3 bushel a acre.
30 crop with the 20% disease taking 10% or 3 bushels.
3 x 10 = 30 - 30 its a break even. But leave a strip so you can see you supported a industry who doesn't give a shit about you.
Now in our area I hate to break the news to some but 20 is going to be peak.
20 x 20% is 10% loss of yield or 18
2 x 10 = 20 - 30 your loss is $10.00 a acre.
Hm is all I can say.
Yes if we had miracle and this crop would magically make a canola plant where it drowned out appear and produce a crop that would be great.
So as the calls and emails continue think about the crop you have its mid july and its still not flowering you say. Hm its F%^ked.
Having some one who actually cares about you as a farmer come out and check your fields instead makes sense.
Believing Bull shit from these guys just keeps feeding the pig.
One other comment since on quad ride yesterday checking crops the smell of lorsban was in the air.
Ah a field that's headed and flowering is to late for application of lorsban for midge.
Canola growers with moisture-stressed crops have had to decide whether they have the yield potential to justify applying a fungicide.
The wet conditions across the province are conducive for sclerotinia infection.
"The prevalence of sclerotinia is basically directly correlated to moisture conditions, in particular the amount two weeks before and throughout flowering. So a large majority of Manitoba is in a high moisture situation and at an elevated risk of sclerotinia infection," says Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.
She notes for some fields growers are facing a difficult decision on whether a fungicide application is economical.
"It's a really tricky question. For some fields it will be obvious while others will be on the cusp," says Brackenreed. "The general rule for sclerotinia is the yield loss will be about half of the percent of infection. If you were to have 20 percent infection, you'd see about a 10 percent yield loss."
Fungicide applications are preventative so a producer has to estimate yield potential and sclerotinia risk, she explains.
Brackenreed also notes leaving a check-strip can help with similar decisions in future years.
So lets do the math using their calculations.
60 bus potential with 20% disease will take 6 bushels or leave farmer with 54 crop.
6 x 10 = 60 - 30 app and sprayer so you get a extra 3 bushel a acre.
30 crop with the 20% disease taking 10% or 3 bushels.
3 x 10 = 30 - 30 its a break even. But leave a strip so you can see you supported a industry who doesn't give a shit about you.
Now in our area I hate to break the news to some but 20 is going to be peak.
20 x 20% is 10% loss of yield or 18
2 x 10 = 20 - 30 your loss is $10.00 a acre.
Hm is all I can say.
Yes if we had miracle and this crop would magically make a canola plant where it drowned out appear and produce a crop that would be great.
So as the calls and emails continue think about the crop you have its mid july and its still not flowering you say. Hm its F%^ked.
Having some one who actually cares about you as a farmer come out and check your fields instead makes sense.
Believing Bull shit from these guys just keeps feeding the pig.
One other comment since on quad ride yesterday checking crops the smell of lorsban was in the air.
Ah a field that's headed and flowering is to late for application of lorsban for midge.
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