Canola Seeding Rate Trial

Research Question: Can Manitoba canola farms reduce their seeding rates without sacrificing yield to increase return on investment?

Treatments

  1. Reduced Seeding Rate (75%)
  2. Standard Seeding Rate (100%) – Farm Normal
  3. High Seeding 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 (4 leaf and Maturity), Grain Yield

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Trial Results to Date:

Summary of 2022 – 2024 Trial Results

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Plant Counts at 4-Leaf StageChange in Emergence from Standard Rate
Trial ID RMReducedStandardHighReducedHigh
Plants/ft2%
SR_13 (2024)Emerson-Franklin2.8b3.4b4.2a+12-7.8
SR_14 (2024)Lac du Bonnet6b7a7.4a+7.1-10.3
SR_15 (2024)Grey3.7b4.7a4.9a+2.7-13.5
SR_16 (2024)Brokenhead2.7c3.4b4.4a+4.7+3
SR_17 (2024)Morris3.9b4.8b6.0a+6-0.7
SR_18 (2024)Swan Valley West8.3b9.6b11.5a+6.2-0.5
SR_06 (2023)Minitonas-Bowsman5.5b6.4b8.7a+9-5
SR_07 (2023)Rhineland6.1a6.4a7.4a+23-6
SR_08 (2023)Grey5.4b6.6b7.7a+10-7
SR_09 (2023)Morris4.5b5.3b6.6a+70
SR_10 (2023)Brenda-Waskada8.3a7.8a9.1a+32*-5
SR_11 (2023)Rhineland6.1c8.1b11.1a0+8
SR_12 (2023)Brokenhead4.5a4.9a5.5a+23-9
SR_01 (2022)Swan Valley West5.1aⁱ5.3a6.3a+17-3
SR_03 (2022)Roblin6.2b6.4ab6.8a+16*-9*
SR_04 (2022)Brokenhead5.1b5.8b7.4a+21*0
SR_05 (2022)Two Borders8.7b8.7b10.8a+294
COMBINED5.9c6.5b8.0a+17*-1
* 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.