what the canola industry has learned from the clubroot situation

[shaney]

[SASKFARMER3]

Is it true the Club root problem was brought in to Saskatchewan by summer student at a test plot for seed company.

[bucket]

Jesus christ SF3

That's like asking if triffid was bred into new flax varieties.

You really think anyone is going to answer that question truthfully??

[SASKFARMER3]

Heard a story that it was a seed company plot.

[furrowtickler]

Yes in the Rosthern Area. Not sure which company though.

[SASKFARMER3]

See this is shit farmers should know.

[bucket]

Nice hey. And instead of destroying everything, that company will blend it off at 0.1 % over the next few years.

Gotta wonder what the point of the CFIA is, they are supposedly monitoring these plots.

[charliep]

Just curious how many of you took the time to actually list to the webinar. Clubroot has been in Alberta and the Edmonton area for a while now. Likely on land that grew vegetables and tight canola rotations. It is not something that starts in one year but rather the disease gets established at low level presense and then builds over time.

The issues highlighted are that proper management can minimize the risk. Some pretty practical ideas that have been used in Alberta for a while. Know where your seed comes from. Don't be hauling a lot of dirty equipment between fields. Monitor for presense of the disease and keep crop rotations reasonable.

[SASKFARMER3]

Yes I did and funny it was the specialist that brought it into saskatchewan. Hm!

[charliep]

so you believe that one pair of dirty boots on summer student got everything going in Saskatchewan? The challenge is to understand the disease and how it moves between areas. Equipment crosses borders. How carefull are you in monitoring mud on trucks custom hauling grain off your farm?

Perhaps the experience from fusarium graminearium, black leg, etc is that diseases move and adapt. Having good management practices is your best line of defense.