Canola - all articles

Yara's crop nutrition program for canola can help you achieve excellent crop performance and maximize the yield and quality of all canola crops. Yara's comprehensive product portfolio provides you with a wide range of options to meet all canola fertilizer requirements.

Boron is one of the two micronutrients Prairie growers need to pay attention to when growing higher yields of canola.

A balanced crop nutrition is essential for achieving high yields and quality. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are among the nutrients with the highest requirements in canola. However, any imbalances on secondary and micronutrients are detrimental to canola yield and quality.

The components that affect the yield in canola are: number of plants per unit area, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and the individual seed weight. In order to achieve the yield potential of the crop a proper crop management is needed, which include a plant nutrition program and control of pests and diseases.

The oil content in canola crop depends on seeds per pod, pods per plant and plant per area. In order to obtain a good quality crop with the desired oil content, the photosynthetic activity must be maximized.

Achieving the required quality targets for canola can greatly affect the value of the harvested crop, depending on the intended market The main quality targets to consider are glucosinolate levels and percent oil content. Crop nutrition influences both of these traits so it is important the crop receives the correct balanced nutrition.

Glucosinolates (GLS) are major sulphur components in crucifers. They are secondary plant metabolites that occur naturally in Brassicaceaes, organic compounds derived from glucose and amino acid that contain sulphur and nitrogen.

A healthy crop is key to high yields and high quality of the end product. Any nutrient deficiency will reduce the ability of canola not only to grow according to its genetic potential but also to resist insect pests and diseases to remain healthy. Balanced nutrition is essential for the growth and development of canola crops.

Canola is a fast growing crop with a high nutrient demand. Phosphorus is involved in all energy dependent growth processes in the canola crop, but it is not always sufficiently available due to the way phosphorus behaves in the soil and is taken up by plants.

Yara embarks in a journey to achieve one hundred canola bushels.

An update on our journey to one hundred canola bushels. Check it out!

Moisture has been a challenge on our journey to 100 canola bushels.

We are looking forward to the weather clearing up and farmers getting back into the fields to finish out harvest activities.