Checking Canola Crop as it Blooms
A farmer shows how to check his canola crop as it blooms. Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
A farmer shows how to check his canola crop as it blooms. Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Checking Canola Crop with Farmer
A farmer shows how to check his canola crop as it blooms. Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
A farmer shows how to check his canola crop as it blooms. Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Farmer Showing How to Check Canola Crop
A farmer shows how to check his canola crop as it blooms. Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
A farmer shows how to check his canola crop as it blooms. Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Sweep net results can be highly variable throughout a field. Extension entomologists recommend a minimum of 5 sampling sites, in a W or X pattern throughout the field, with 10 sweeps at each site. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Lady in Canola Field with Sweep Net
Lygus bug and cabbage seedpod weevil economic thresholds are based on sweep net counts, and proper counts depend on using the standard sweep net and technique. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Lady Sweep Netting Canola Crop
Lygus can show up in all areas of the Prairies, but even if you don’t typically have lygus or cabbage seedpod weevil, a sweep net can be useful to identify the presence of beneficial insects, of diamondback moth larvae and other insect pests. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Sweep net results can be highly variable throughout a field. Extension entomologists recommend a minimum of 5 sampling sites, in a W or X pattern throughout the field, with 10 sweeps at each site. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola Farmer Checking Canola Crop
Canola is the largest crop by hectare grown in Saskatchewan. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Every year, approximately 20 million acres of Canadian farmland turn brilliant yellow as canola comes into bloom. The crop is primarily grown in the western provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Some canola is also grown in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
The crop developed in Canada 50 years ago is now at the centre of a thriving industry with international reach. Canada’s canola value chain is made up of growers, seed developers, processors and exporters. Together, they generate $26.7 billion in economic activity in Canada each year. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canola is grown by 43,000 Canadian farmers who produce about 20 million tonnes of canola annually. Canola is now one of the most widely grown crops in Canada. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK