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By Cam Lee

Frost effects

Agronomy specialist downplays hard frost effects on canola

Oct 3, 2024 | 2:00 PM

The cold weather has held off for the most part in the province, but a hard frost is forecast overnight Thursday.

Ian Epp is an Agronomy Specialist with the Canola Council of Canada and said the remaining canola crop should fare O.K. if it’s close to harvestable.

“The frost shouldn’t have any effect on the canola,” said Epp. “In some cases with the standing canola, it might be beneficial to have a frost.”

Epp said a hard frost could eliminate some weeds or green materials underneath the canola.

Most of the canola has had an opportunity to dry down by now, and he said the frost should come as no surprise, and producers are fortunate it’s held off until now.

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According to Epp, there’s some variability in the canola crop this year in both yield and harvest progress, depending on when rain was received and when the canola was flowering.

He said producers can now make a list of yield robbers and which factors they can control for next year.

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