CANOLA & COFFEE Speaker Series
Mark your calendars to join these Spring and Winter Canola conversations!
Join us Wednesdays at 1:00 EST from February 9th to March 9th for short, virtual meetings. We will hear from excellent, experienced spring and winter canola specialists from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Sweden. After the speakers we will have an open discussion, with a focus on specific canola growing regions and interaction with Ontario Canola Growers Association board members. All who are interested can join the meetings.
See below and attached for more information. Click the link in the date of the table to join us on Zoom.
Contact Meghan.Moran@ontario.ca 519-546-1725 @megnmoran
| Date | Guest Speaker and Q&A
. 1:00-1:45 |
Grower Discussion: What’s the Coffee Talk in the Region? 1:45- 2:30 |
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| Spring Canola | Wed Feb 9, 1:00pm EST | Managing Nitrogen Fertilizer in Spring Canola
N losses, weather impacts, economics of N in 2022 John Heard, Soil Fertility Specialist, |
Northeastern ON– Cochrane, Temiskaming, Nipissing, Sudbury, etc.
OCGA Directors: Will Runnels, Simon Cloutier |
| Wed Feb 16, 1:00pm EST | The Realities of Farming with Clubroot
What to expect, what to look for, varieties, managing canola in an area with clubroot Clint Jurke, Agronomy Director, |
Central ON – Bruce, Grey, Dufferin, Simcoe, Huron, Wellington, etc.
OCGA Directors: Jeff Curry, Jonathan Sammons, Kurtis Schill |
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| Wed Feb 23, 1:00pm EST | Flea Beetle, Diamondback Moth and other Insects in Spring Canola
Value and limits of seed treatments, when to expect these insects, action thresholds, scouting Keith Gabert, Agronomy Specialist |
Northwestern ON – Thunder Bay, Rainy River, etc.
OCGA Director: Calvin Krahn |
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| Wed March 2, 1:00pm EST | Seeding and Managing on Clay Soils
Seeding in clay and short seeding windows, comparing seeding equipment and other agronomics Dane Froese, Oilseed Specialist, |
Eastern ON – East of Toronto
OCGA Director: Jennifer Mitchell |
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| Winter Canola | Wed March 9, 1:00pm EST | Winter Canola Fertility and other Agronomics
Advice from Sweden: fertilizer recommendations and preparing for winter survival Albin Gunnarson, Winter & Spring Oilseed Rape Agronomist |
Southern/Winter Canola
OCGA Director: Ian Toll |
Feb 17, 2022 - 12:10 PM
Hi Megan, Can I watch yesterday’s discussion somehow still?
Mike Pedlar, Sprucedale