Harvest
Canola is prone to seed loss during harvest. Canola seed pods can shatter in the wind prior to harvest or be shatter upon contact with the combines real. Additionally, canola seeds are light and can easily be blown out the back for the combine. To avoid pre-harvest shatter swathing, pushing, and pod stick agents can be applied. During harvest proper combine settings are essential to preventing seed loss.
- Huggins, D. and C. Kruger. 2010. Site-Specific Trade-Offs of Harvesting Wheat Residues for Biofuels Feedstocks (pdf). In 2010 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech. Report 10-2, WSU, Pullman, WA.
Visit the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences site to see all the CSS Field Day Abstracts.
- 2014 WSU and PNDSA Conference
- Timing of Forced Lodging and Swathing on Yield and Quality of Winter Canola (pdf)D.J. Wysocki and A. F. Wernsing, Oregon State University Extension Service, Pendleton, OR
- 2011 Oilseed Crop Production Workshop
- Harvesting Canola with a Pusher (photos) (pdf)
Kevin Lyle, Connell
- Harvesting Canola with a Pusher (photos) (pdf)
For more information on harvesting contact:
Aaron Esser
509-659-3210
aarons@wsu.edu
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