Farmers are busy bringing in the harvest, when it comes to cutting canola producers want to see a 60 to 70 per cent seed colour change in the crop.
Daphne Cruise, a regional crop specialist with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture, says producers should be looking for the colour change on the main stem.
"The bottom third of the plant will have completely changed colour, so you're looking at more of a deep brown to black for those seeds. The middle third of the plant will be a light brown, and in some cases it could be turning black. Then the top third of the plant can be green, but the seeds need to be firm when they're rolled," Cruise explains.
Cruise says uneven maturity could be a challenge for cutting canola this year with the lodged crops.
"We're tending to get the top part of the crop that is mature, and then when you dig down to the bottom you're starting to see a lot of the crop still needs time to mature," she says. "It's hard, but we have to try to assess the field where the majority of the field is at for maturity, and as well, assess what kind of time you have and how many canola acres you have to go over. So at that point, there might be some crop that's taken a little bit earlier, and some that's taken a little bit later."
Source : Portageonline