Agronomic Research 2002 Report

The Canola Council of Canada is the co-ordinating body of the Canola Production Centre Program across Canada and is a major contributor to the program.

Each year, sponsors (both locally and nationally), help support the Canola Production Centre Program across Canada. With their generous contribution, the program has become an effective tool in technology transfer to all interested parties.

In 2002, the Canola Production Centre program was supported by the following Contract Research participants:

Gold
Bayer CropScience Canada Co. Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
Silver
BASF Canada Inc. Gustafson
Cargill Specialty Canola Oil Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc.
CanAmera Foods
Bronze
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Phosyn plc
Brett Young Seeds Ltd. Pineland Co-op (Federated Co-op)
Canterra Seeds Ltd. Tiger Industries
Kamterter II L.L.C. Wheat City Seeds
Monsanto Canada Inc.
The program was supported on a national basis by the following cash sponsors:
Advanta Seeds Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
Agrium, Inc. Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc.


This program was supported by the following provincial organizations:

Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development
(Farming for the Future On-Farm Demo Program)
Alberta Canola Producers Commission
British Columbia Peace River Grain Industry Development Council
- (Peace River Agricultural Development Fund)
Manitoba Canola Growers Association
Ontario Canola Growers Association
Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission
Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association


The program was supported on a national basis by the following product/service sponsors:

Platinum
Bayer CropScience Canada Co.
Gold
Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
Silver
Agricore United Monsanto Canada Inc.
BASF Canada Inc. Monsanto Seeds
DuPont Canada Inc. Simplot Canada Ltd.
Esso / Imperial Oil
Bronze
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Grow Tec
Brett Young Seeds Ltd. Hetland Seeds
Crop Mate Milligan Bio-Tech Inc.
Discovery Seed Labs Pioneer
Enviro-Test Labs Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Seed
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc.


Below are the individual sections of the CPC report.
You can also view the complete report as one PDF file (5.2 MB).

Table of Contents

I SITE DESCRIPTION (40K)
II INTRODUCTION (12K)
III DEFINITIONS (16K)
IV ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (55K)

A. CANOLA PRICING SYSTEM
B. COST CALCULATIONS & ASSUMPTIONS
C. ECONOMIC RESULTS REPORT (EXAMPLE)
D. CONTRIBUTION MARGIN WORKSHEET

V SITE LOCATION MAP (1MB)
VI SITE INFORMATION (84K)
VII SEED PRIMING TRIAL (36K)
VIII VARIETY AND SYSTEMS COMPARISON TRIAL (116K)
IX HARVESTABILITY TRIAL (52K)
X FOLIAR NUTRIENT & TOP-DRESSED GRANULAR FERTILIZER APPLICATION TRIALS (24K)
XI PRE-SEEDING BURNOFF TIMING TRIAL (40K)
XII SEED TREATMENT TRIAL (48K)
XIII SEED SIZE TRIAL (32K)
XIV WEED CONTROL TRIAL (BASF) (16K)
XV CANOPY MANIPULATION TRIAL (64K)
XVI NITROGEN RATE FERTILITY TRIAL (32K)
XVII SEED BULKING (ACCUSEED) TRIAL (28K)
XVIII OPTIMIZING CANOLA PRODUCTION TRIAL (44K)
XIX DIAMONDBACK MOTH EVALUATION TRIAL (8K)
XX ROOT MAGGOT MONITORING TRIAL - B. NAPUS (12K)
XXI CABBAGE SEEDPOD WEEVIL TRIAL (28K)
XXII TIME OF SWATHING TRIAL (56K)
XXIII SUMMARY (8K)
XXIV FIELD STAFF INFORMATION (12K)
MINNESOTA CANOLA PRODUCTION CENTRE RESULTS
I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (8K)
II SITE DESCRIPTION (16K)
III INTRODUCTION (8K)
IV DEFINITIONS (8K)
V ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (32K)

A. CANOLA PRICING SYSTEM
(BASED ON AVERAGE PRICES AT HARVEST, IN U.S. DOLLARS)
B. COST CALCULATIONS & ASSUMPTIONS
C. ECONOMIC RESULTS REPORT (EXAMPLE)

VI SITE LOCATION MAP (1MB)
VII SITE INFORMATION (20K)
VIII VARIETY AND SYSTEMS COMPARISON TRIAL (24K)
IX HARVESTABILITY TRIAL (12K)
X LIBERTY TANK MIX TRIAL (12K)
XI ROUNDUP TIMING TRIAL (12K)
XII SEED TREATMENT TRIAL (16K)
XIII CANOPY MANIPULATION TRIAL (20K)
XIV PUSHING TRIAL (16K)
XV FUNGICIDE TRIAL (16K)
XVI OPTIMIZING CANOLA PRODUCTION TRIAL (16K)
XVII FALL DORMANT SEEDING (16K)
XVIII FOLIAR NUTRIENT APPLICATION TRIAL (16K)
XIX SUMMARY (8K)
XX FIELD STAFF INFORMATION (19K)