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Canola TV--Planting Window Closing on 2013 Canola Crop
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:33:37 CDT
Josh Bushong, the OSU Extension Canola Specialist for Oklahoma, says he has been incredibly busy as the canola planting window comes to a close. He says he has spent the last six weeks helping producers across the state get their canola planted as well as getting canola test plots sown.
"So far, we've got 12 Oklahoma Oilseed Commission demo plots all across Oklahoma, all the way from Miami, Oklahoma, all the way down to Altus, Oklahoma."
He says most of the plots are in western Oklahoma showcasing nine different Round-Up ready cultivars and various different treatments.
He says that for no-till canola, they used a row-crop planter set at 30 inches to test how that system might work for producers instead of using 15-inch spacing in a no-till drill.
Planting has gone well, Bushong says, but he is encouraging producers to walk their fields and assess their stands as they emerge to determine if any reseeding is necessary.
The next operation producers need to consider after getting a stand is weed control. Bushong says many producers will typically spray from four to six weeks after sowing.
"Canola is not very competitive as a seedling, so the most crucial time to spray for weeds Is early on."
From the volume of calls he's been getting for assistance, Bushong says the number of canola acres this year have increased significantly from 2011 and 2012.
You can see today's conversation with Josh Bushong on CanolaTV by clicking on the play button in the video box below. CanolaTV is a service of PCOM, Producers Cooperative Oil Mill- click here to learn more about how they serve cotton and canola producers across the south.
Our YouTube channel has several dozen past episodes of CanolaTV, with a lot of great information about producing and marketing winter canola in the southern plains- click here to jump there.
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