Late Reseeded Canola is Great but will it make it!

[SASKFARMER3]

One thing I have seen on my drives lately is the Canola that was reseeded is Awesome but boy is it late and some that was left and never reseeded turned out not bad to Ugly.
But Canola in full bloom or just starting to Bloom on August 1st needs till what October 1 to make it.
Tom has been thanking the Good lord for rain in his area and by the looks of things got rain but time is maybe running out on some of these crops.
Second problem in Canola that came up before and After the rain is when will a person swath this crop, go to early and you get big seeds with others that blow out the back. Go later and you get the green seeds but will lose the ones that were big and made a seed. If you seeded L140 you maybe will win the best as take the crop to 90plus ripe in spots. Shatter resistance might help.
Funny how the plant can react to water and try to make some thing.
One thing is for sure a early September frost and all bets are off on how low production will be this year in Canola country.

[SASKFARMER3]

“Farmers reseeded a record amount of their crop following a series of frosts last May,” says Chris Beckman, oilseed analyst with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada oilseed. He notes crop development is highly variable and is location dependent. “The canola crop is in generally good shape in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan, and is highly stressed in western Saskatchewan and Alberta.”

He adds scattered showers have improved growing conditions across Western Canada since July 15, which should help yields.

Alberta’s later seeded and re-seeded canola are faring well compared to what was sown early on, according to Dan Orchard, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.

Early planted crops suffered from frost and slow emergence, which in turn left them susceptible to high temperatures and flea beetles. The later seeded canola, however, went into warm soils, avoided frost and insect damage and received timely rains, Orchard says. He adds temperatures have been ideal for flowering.

“It’s certainly not a recommendation to seed late, and to re-seed often doesn’t pay,” Orchard says.

Ideally, canola is seeded in the first two weeks of May, with long-term results showing significant benefits for both yield and oil content, the council says.

But this year re-seeded and late seeded canola is some of the best looking canola crops in the Alberta, Orchard says. Unfortunately, some areas with the best crops were hit by recent hail storms. Orchard also warns a fall frost could compromise the crops as well.

Most Saskatchewan farmers have also benefitted so far from reseeding their canola.

“The canola was able to emerge quicker, have more even staging, avoided the frost and some of the flea beetle damage,” says provincial crops specialist Shannon Friesen.

But she adds later seeded crops also began flowering when Saskatchewan experienced numerous hot days, which could be detrimental to yields.

Crops on the west side of Saskatchewan suffered the most from a severe lack of moisture, while those in the northeast and parts of the east side fared better with more rain.

But no one’s out of the woods yet, as high winds and heavy downpours this week could cause crop lodging, Friesen notes.

In Manitoba, however, the situation is reversed.

Re-sown canola flowered during a two week period of extreme day and nighttime temperatures and experienced heat damage, says Manitoba Agriculture oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec. Earlier seeded canola bloomed at the end of June during cooler temperatures. Also, both early and later planted crops received necessary moisture.
Barring widespread damaging growing weather or a fall frost, Kubinec predicts a “really good canola crop this year, regardless of when it was seeded.”

CWB’s latest production forecast pegs 2015 canola output at 12.5 million tonnes, while Agriculture Canada earlier in July estimated the crop at 14.3 million. Statistics Canada is scheduled to publish its first survey-based canola production forecast on August 21.

[furrowtickler]

Our reseeded canola, 43E03 is just about done flowering and podded well.
The Clearfield is getting close. Still lots of yellow in the area though.
Still surprised on how many acres were reseeded to mid to late maturing varieties, so I agree it will be interesting come Sept. not all reseeded canola is great either - I have seen a lot of thin late stands in western Sask.

[freewheat]

My May 25th seeded canola has been blooming for four weeks, and is finally down to perhaps 30% bloom. Don't ask about the stuff seeded the 29th. Or the hailed and re-blooming fields. For us, those are pretty normal seeding dates. I realize for most on here, that is late. I do think I have a varietal issue. Same day seeded neighbors is done blooming. I dunno?

We need HEAT, not another inch of rain on Wednesday!

I was not that nervous a few days ago, but now, I am a bit sick to the tummy. It just won't shut down in these optimal conditions. A bit scared, yes. Especially with 50 potential.

[TOM4CWB]

Freewheat,

Heat and rain are fine... when the August 30c plus kick in... the bloom finishes fast. Seed will be there by Sept 10 frost normal date... green seed would be the issue if early yield will be there.

[TOM4CWB]

Came back from Calgary up the corridor Three Hills etc... most Canola out of bloom and nicely podded... heat has brought along most crops very nice. Northern Alberta will be the crunch for green seed if early frost.

[freewheat]

Trouble is Tom, 30 degree heat here is as rare as hen's teeth. We used to hit 30 routinely as a kid. For the last decade, it has been rare! Just once this year, we hit 30.

[Klause]

Last year we had l261 get hailed out... it was late flowered till mid august. Froze. Swathed made #2 20 bpa straight cut made #1 27 bpa.



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