Canola - harvest management

Key findings:

Windrowing timing is critical, going too early can cost you -

• our research suggest that you should try to avoid windrowing before ~70% seed colour change (on the main stem).

Dessicants - dont offer much in terms of reducing the time to harvest, at best a couple of days

• different story regarding weed control.

Direct heading

• go for it! research suggests that yields asre comparable to windrowing.

Here is a link to all GOA harvest management reports

Want to understand potential harvest losses?

Try the harvest loss calculator here