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Canola Nitrogen Rate Trial

Research Question: Are nitrogen (N) rates being used on canola across Manitoba sufficient for optimizing yield and nitrogen efficiency?

Treatments

  1. Reduced N Rate (75%)
  2. Standard N Rate (100%) – Farm Normal for Field
  3. High N Rate (125%)

Trial Setup: Randomized complete block, each treatment was one equipment width x field length, with four replicates per location (12 strips per location)

Data Collection: Plant Counts, Tissue N (bolting), Yield, Protein, Oil Content

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Trial Results to Date: 

Summary of 2022 – 2024 Trial Results

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Trial ID (year) RMStandard N Rate (100%)Reduced
N Rate (75%)
High
N Rate (125%)
CV
N Applied
(soil residual N)
YieldChange in Yield from Standard Rate
lbs. N/acbu/acbu/acbu/ac%
NR_12 (2024)Rhineland100 (44)55+2.7+45.8
NR_13 (2024)Brokenhead149 (132)51001.1
NR_14 (2024)MacDonald65 (56)43+1+1.63.7
NR_15 (2024)Minitonas-Bowsman90 (31)46-0.7+1.83.8
NR_16 (2024)Pembina90 (75)49+0.6+0.44.2
NR_06 (2023)Minitonas-Bowsman113 (18)55.5-5.3*-0.55.2
NR_08 (2023)North Norfolk135 (25)58.0-2.5+4.29.2
NR_09 (2023)Brokenhead137 (30)61.7-0.9+3.04.2
NR_10 (2023)Two Borders130 (50)51.4+2.3+3.37.6
NR_11 (2023)De Salaberry158 (127)22.8-1.3-0.15.5
NR_01 (2022)Swan Valley West113 (76)47.1-0.4+1.61.8
NR_02 (2022)Macdonald122 (55)52.0+2.3+3.9*4.1
NR_03 (2022)Lorne138 (60)35.4+0.9+0.15.5
NR_04 (2022)Morris120 (53)58.6-4.2*+0.44.5
NR_05 (2022)Two Borders118 (79)42.0-3.3+0.911.9
COMBINED129 (57)48.4-1.3+1.6*24
* indicates significant difference in treatments with p < 0.05

 

Funded in part by the Governments of Canada and Manitoba under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.