PNWCA Stop ‘n’ Talk – Milton-Freewater/Walla Walla
We will start our tour of dryland and irrigated spring canola fields in the Milton-Freewater and Walla Walla area at 3:30pm at the Peterson farm: https://goo.gl/maps/pm4CAxCYr3MXwTpp9. From there we will look at a field on State Line Rd, and our final stop will be at Fernwood Ranch (https://goo.gl/maps/6uoYNLpiSGWcL1jF7). For those interested in continuing the conversations…
UI Crop & Conservation Tour – Camas Prairie
The University of Idaho is having a crop tour in Lewis and Idaho counties on June 28. After a hosted breakfast and a couple of presentations at Craigmont City Hall, the tour will begin with a stop at UI spring canola plots where Jim Davis will cover 2022 research and variety trials, and Karen Sowers…
WSU/PNWCA spring canola tour – Cloverland
We will join WSU at a large scale spring canola variety trial near Cloverland (46.253884, -117.261193) that was seeded May 18 - almost 3 weeks after the 'normal' seeding date for that area. It will be interesting to see growth and development of the entries there compared to the PNWCA spring canola TruFlex trial near…
WSU Wilke Farm Field Day
WSU will host the annual Wilke Farm Field day that includes presentations and tours of small grains, canola, and other research trials. We are looking at having a canola stop 'n' talk tour of several farm fields in the area during the afternoon or evening. Stay tuned!
Twilight Stop n Talk – Pullman
We will meet at the TruFlex variety trial near Pullman for another look at the entries as they are now all in bloom. The trial is located just east of Pullman off of SR270 (https://goo.gl/maps/BQF7Fr16r6j8rUFk7). ***RSVPs are required for this tour - please call or email for details *** If you are not able to make…
MSU Summer Field Day – Bozeman
The Post Farm will hold its summer field day July 7 beginning at 8 a.m. There is a winter canola variety trial at the farm, plans will be posted here as they are finalized.
USCA special meeting – Minot ND
The USCA is hosting a mid-year meeting that will include a couple of farm visits to see spring canola in the field. Plans are still in the works for both days, details will be posted as they become available. The USCA website has this and the fall meeting info at https://www.uscanola.com/about-us/meetings-events/
PNWCA Stop ‘n’ Talk – Prairie County MT
Join us at 9:30 a.m. for a Stop 'n' Talk at Lapp Brothers farm near Terry, MT (46.643464, -105.533515). This is the second year of having irrigated winter canola on their farm and the Lapp's are committed to canola being a long-term part of their crop rotation. *** Hail and wind last night (July 9)…
MSU Summer Field Day – EARC Sidney
The Summer Field Day will begin at 9 am MT on July 12. We will be giving a presentation on current and upcoming PNWCA activities during the field day. More details will be available on the MSU-ARC field day page as it becomes available.
Spring crop tour – Scobey MT
We are collaborating with Pro Co-op, Cahill Seeds, Daniels Co. Extension, BASF, and others involved with canola for a spring crop tour in the Scobey area the morning of July 13. One of our Montana directors is Mike Bekker, who has grown canola on the family farm near Scobey for a number of years. We'll…