Manitoba Canola Growers hosted a flea beetle webinar on April 8, 2021. This podcast is from that webinar recording. Guests are Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski, University of Manitoba flea beetle research Alejandro Costamagna, Saskatchewan agronomist Larry Durand and CCC agronomy specialists Keith Gabert and Autumn Barnes.

Ep. 58 - MCGA webinar on flea beetles - April 9, 2021

This podcast recording is from a Manitoba Canola Growers webinar from May 27, 2021. Guests are Tom Wolf, a spray application specialist and partner at Agrimetrix Research & Training, and Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. Jay Whetter hosts.

Ep. 59 - Timely sprayer tips - May 31, 2021

This podcast is based on the final webinar in the Canola Watch 2021-22 series, recorded live on April 13. The topic is "Make every plant count: Practical tips to maximize your plant stand". Guests are Kris Cherewyk with Väderstad, Rob MacDonald with BASF and Jason Casselman with the Canola Council of Canada.

Ep. 71 - Make every plant count: Webinar series - April 22, 2022

Sprayer expert Tom Wolf of agrimetrix.ca and sprayers101.com talks with host Jay Whetter about his latest study, "Characterizing Turbulent Spray Deposition from Self-Propelled Sprayers." You can find the full report in the Research section at saskcanola.com.

Ep. 73 - Better spray uniformity - May 21, 2022

Southern Alberta farmer Kevin Auch talks with host Jay Whetter about stripper headers. Auch says his no-till farming system – which includes harvest with a stripper header that leaves most crop residue standing, and direct seeding into the long stubble with disc drills – has greatly reduced his diesel fuel use. It also reduces soil erosion and improves soil health in his drier and windier part of the Prairies.

Ep. 74 - Combine stripper header - August 12, 2022

Meghan Vankosky, insect researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, talks with host Jay Whetter about her favourite and least favourite insects. Oh, and also about the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network. The network counts on farmers to volunteer land for insect monitoring. Interested Manitoba farmers can email provincial entomologist John Gavloski at john.gavloski@gov.mb.ca. Albertans can email Shelley Barkley at shelley.barkley@gov.ab.ca. Saskatchewanians need to fill in the form here: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/agriculture-natural-resources-and-industry/agribusiness-farmers-and-ranchers/programs-and-services/crops-programs/pest-monitoring

Ep. 75 - Prairie Pest Monitoring Network - October 26, 2022

Host Jay Whetter has three guests to talk about aster leafhoppers and the aster-yellows-causing phytoplasma they (the leafhoppers, not the guests) inject into canola plants. The team of aster yellows researchers are Berenice Romero and Sean Prager from the University of Saskatchewan and Tyler Wist from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – all based in Saskatoon.

Ep. 76 - Aster yellows phytoplasma - November 2, 2022

University of Manitoba professor and plant disease specialist Dilantha Fernando talks verticillium stripe with host Jay Whetter. Verticillium stripe is a relatively new disease of canola on the Canadian Prairies. This podcast conversation starts with disease origins and moves on to identification and management.

Ep. 80 - Verticillium stripe - November 30, 2022

Edel Pérez-López is a clubroot researcher and assistant professor at Université Laval. He speaks with host Jay Whetter about the clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae and challenges it presents for canola plant resistance. Find more about the work at his website, edelabcriv.com. Here's a link to the journal article "The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: A profile update": https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mpp.13283

Ep. 81 - Clubroot resistance - December 7, 2022

Do soil tests measure the right nitrogen pool? And do we need to update our tables for nutrient uptake and removal by field crops? University of Saskatchewan researchers Richard Farrell and Fran Walley answer these questions with host Jay Whetter.

Ep. 82 - Soil tests and nutrient uptake - December 14, 2022

Scott Day farms at Dand, Manitoba and is the chief agronomist and a director with Fall Line Capital based in California. In this sixth edition of the farmer series, Scott talks with host Jay Whetter about their shared home town, Scott's job with Fall Line and new technology – especially to improve pest management.

Ep. 88 - Farmer Series - Scott Day - May 10, 2023

Shayla Wourms farms at St. Walburg, in northwest Saskatchewan. In episode seven of the Farmer Series, host Jay Whetter talks with Shayla Wourms about the farm business, rocks, 4-H, and Women in Ag. At the end, Jay asks a random question and Shayla provides an inspiring answer.

Ep. 89 - Farmer Series - Shayla Wourms - May 17, 2023

Chris Manchur, Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist and team lead on sclerotinia stem rot, chats with CCC agronomy director Clint Jurke and host Jay Whetter about advanced sclerotinia stem rot management practices. Hopefully the dry start to 2023 turns around, yield potential picks up and a conversation about sclerotinia stem rot makes sense this year!

Ep. 90 - Sclerotinia Stem Rot Moonshot - Chris Manchur - June 14, 2023

In the first episode of our 2023 Science Series, AAFC research scientist Raju Soolanayakanahally explains the benefit of sulphur for canola heat and drought tolerance and how a Bollywood movie, "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge," inspired him to research canola.

Ep. 91 - Heat and drought stress - November 1, 2023

Alex Liu, a PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan, talks to host Jay Whetter about the canola root microbiome and how it relates to phosphorus availability. She has interesting observations about what happens when you remove the microbiome. (Hint: Plant yield drops dramatically!)

Here are the Latin names of the microbes Alex mentions, if you want to look them up: Burkholderia, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Sordariomycetes, Olpidium (Olpidiomycota).

Ep. 92 - Plants need their microbiome - November 8, 2023

Brian Beres, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta, shares results from his recent research on seeding rate, cultivar maturity and harvest method and how they stack together for higher canola yields. A summary of the study, including an elegant grid graph of results, will be posted soon at canoladigest.ca. Look for the Beres study in the 2023 Science Edition.

Ep. 93 - Higher yields - November 15, 2023

Our guest Linda Gorim is an assistant professor and Western Grains Research Foundation chair in cropping systems at the University of Alberta Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science. Gorim leads a project to screen 160 canola lines to observe differences in photosynthetic efficiency. Before getting to that, the podcast starts with Gorim's long career path to Edmonton, including early ambitions to be a pilot.

Ep. 94 - Photosynthesis - November 22, 2023

What causes yield variability within a field, and which factors are most significant? Taras Lychuk, research scientist in precision agriculture and crop systems at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Brandon, Manitoba, and Alan Moulin, retired soil scientist, share research (ongoing and completed) that will help answer these questions.

Ep. 95 - Field variability - November 29, 2023

Host Jay Whetter shares a few highlights from the Canola Digest Science Edition for 2023. Read the whole magazine at canoladigest.ca. Look for "Science Edition 2023" in the Issues column on the left.

Ep. 96 - Canola Digest Science 2023 Highlights - December 6, 2023

Nested association mapping is a tool to identify, with reasonable accuracy, the segments of DNA associated with complex traits – like nutrient use efficiency and drought tolerance. Sally Vail, research scientist and canola breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, describes the highly valuable NAM tool she helped develop for canola breeding.

Ep. 97 - Nested Association Mapping - December 13, 2023

Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists Angela Brackenreed and Shawn Senko talk with host Jay Whetter about preparing canola for safe long-term storage.

Ep. 2 - Conditioning canola for safe storage - October 7, 2015

Canola Council of Canola agronomy specialists Keith Gabert and Justine Cornelsen talk cabbage seedpod weevil management with host Jay Whetter.

Ep. 5 - Insects 2015 recap - part 2 - October 23, 2015

Manitoba Ministry of Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski talks flea beetles with Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists Keith Gabert and Gregory Sekulic and host Jay Whetter.

Ep. 14 - Flea beetles 8 steps - May 24, 2016

Host Jay Whetter talks with Saskatchewan farmer and agronomist Jocelyn Velestuk about her love of soil, with tips on fertilizer, cover crops, manure and maintaining soil health.

Ep. 19 - Soil with Jocelyn Velestuk - March 29, 2017

Alberta farmers Christi Friesen and Kyle Tarkowski share their take-aways from a presentation by futurist Bob Treadway. Treadway (trendtalk.com)spoke recently at Alberta Canola's #CanolaLeaders event in Edmonton. Friesen and Tarkowski were there. So was podcast host Jay Whetter.

Ep. 32 - Backcasting with Canola Leaders - April 1, 2019

Combine losses of one to two percent (one bu./ac. or less) are achievable, but are your canola harvest losses in that range? In this podcast, combine-loss researcher Joel McDonald and Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed talk with host Jay Whetter about how to measure loss and, as an important second step, how to set the combine to reduce those losses.

Ep. 33 - Tips from Combine College - April 12, 2019

Dan Orchard, the Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist and captain of the clubroot brain trust, goes over the canolawatch.org 'Clubroot True/False' quiz with host Jay Whetter.  This is your chance to learn a tonne about clubroot management.

Ep. 34 - Clubroot quiz - May 2, 2019

Jim Tansey, provincial entomologist for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, and Keith Gabert, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada talk with host Jay Whetter about flea beetle behaviours – including how far they travel to find the first canola crops, major differences between striped and crucifer species, and how long the risk can last.

Ep. 48 - Flea beetle behaviours - May 21, 2020

Pythium species, Fusarium species and Rhizoctonia solani – the "three amigos" – can cause seed rots, root rots and stem decay on young canola plants. Seed treatments are generally pretty good, but Krista Anderson from Bayer CropScience, Mark Belmonte from University of Manitoba and Autumn Barnes from the CCC explain the factors that can increase risks. They also describe management options (including rotation) that can keep these pathogens of the soil microbiome from rising up.

Ep. 49 - Seedling disease complex - June 3, 2020

Host Jay Whetter talks with Lyle Cowell, manager of agronomy services with Nutrien, Tom Jensen, soil science and agronomist, and Warren Ward, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, about nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur deficiencies in canola.

Ep. 52 - Fertilizer: Macronutrient deficiences - June 15, 2020

Lyle Cowell, manager of agronomy services with Nutrien, Tom Jensen, soil science and agronomist, and Warren Ward, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, talk with host Jay Whetter about 4R nutrient stewardship – and the benefits of getting an official designation. You can read more about the designation under the Nutrient Stewardship tab at fertilizercanada.ca. For more about the canola industry goals, search for “4R” and an infographic called “Canola’s sustainable future” at canoladigest.ca.

Ep. 51 - 4R nutrient stewardship - June 15, 2020

Canola Watch podcast host Jay Whetter moderated a live panel on 4R nutrient management at Canola Discovery Forum on December 2, 2020. This podcast is based on the recording of that panel discussion. Guests are Lyle Cowell with Nutrien in Saskatchewan, Mario Tenuta with the University of Manitoba, Dean Nelson, who farms in Alberta, and Adam Gurr, who farms in Manitoba.

Ep. 57 - Canola Discovery Forum: 4R panel - December 11, 2020

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