Wet conditions raise 2011 canola cereal risk and soil issues
SaskCanola outlines challenges for 2011 due to excess moisture. Key points include soil nutrient variability from flooded soils, value of representative sampling, winter sampling options, risks of tillage on wet soils, seed-bed problems from clods, volunteer canola and disease pressure from sclerotinia, potential herbicide carryover in oxygen-poor soils, and weed seed bank changes dependent on weather and control practices.