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Listen: Canola nutrient requirements

A successful canola crop needs a lot of nitrogen, which is why nitrogen gets most of the attention.

That same successful crop also depends on phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and micronutrients.

Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Warren Ward about how farmers will benefit from soil tests, yield history and economics to determine the best fertility program.

The University of Saskatchewan recently revised the crop nutrient uptake and removal guidelines for Western Canada. The following table shows the specifications for canola.

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‘Our mission is to feed the world’: Syngenta

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Feroz Sheikh, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Syngenta Group, is one of the delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Sheikh says that Syngenta AG, a Chinese-owned global agricultural technology company headquartered in Basel, wants to use cutting edge innovation to help feed a world population scheduled to hit 10 million in 2050.