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Winter Canola Prospects Looking Good for 2010 Harvest
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:44:09 CST
The 2010 Southern Plains winter canola crop is looking good, according to reports coming from the Producers Cooperative Oil Mill here and the Plains Oilseed Producets Cooperative.
"We are very pleased with the winter canola crop condition from North Texas to the Oklahoma-Kansas border" reports Gene Neuens, field representative for PCOM and exec. director of the POP Cooperative. "Cold weather has taken the crop into dormancy with plenty of soil moisture. We have talked with Gene Neuens and you can listen to our conversation with Gene by clicking on the Listen Bar below. You can also see Gene with us on our In the Field segment this Saturday morning on News9- KWTV at 6:40 AM during their Saturday morning news block.
"We are urging canola producers to fertilize their crop now with 50-0-0-15 sulfur. Producers should follow soil test fertilizer recommendations for each field where they have canola planted and when the weather warms up, we recommend checking the bottoms of the canola leaves for the presence of Diamond Black larvae and aphids."
Available at the Plains Oilseed Products Cooperative website under the calendar link, Neuens reports a busy schedule of production meetingsSouthern Plains winter canola farmers can attend.
Neuens, along with representatives from PCOM and the Oklahoma State University Extension service, will update producers on information concerning canola production and care for the remainder of the growing season.
The first meeting will be Jan. 12, 8:45 a.m. to Noon at the Tillman County Vocational-Technical Center east of Frederick, Ok. The same day from 1:45 to 4 p.m., another meeting will be held at the Apache, Ok., Farmers Cooperative.
Feb. 4, from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m., a canola meeting will be held at the Pond Creek, Ok., Fairgrounds.
On the same day from 1:45 to 4 p.m., a canola production meeting will be held at the Dacoma, Ok., Public School.
The following day, Feb. 5, a canola production meeting will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Kingfisher, Ok., Fairgrounds.
Neuens also pointed out a series of important notill farming meetings to be held in January and February, 2010.
Tuesday, Jan. 26 and Wednesday, Jan. 27, the annual No-Till on the Plains Conference will be held at Salina, Ks.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 2-3, a Colorado Notill Conference will be held at Burlington, Colorado.
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8-9, Notill Oklahoma, a conference on notill farming, will be held at Norman, Ok., at the National Employee Development Conference Center/Motel, Norman, Ok.
More details on these meetings will be forthcoming, Neuens said
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