Only One in Three (31%) Western Canadian Growers Follow Recommended Canola Crop Rotation
One in three (31%) of Western growers grow canola once every four (27%) or five (4%) years, compared to two in five (44%) who grow the crop one in every three years, one in four (25%) who grow it every other year, and 1% who grow it every year.
It's also recommended that growers rotate their herbicide-tolerant system, especially if their crop cannot be rotated, but the data also reveal that a sizeable portion of Western growers do not rotate their system. Two in five (41%) growers indicate that they typically don't switch herbicide tolerant systems in their canola crops, with only one in ten (9%) switching systems every time they grow canola. One in three (34%) switch systems every second (14%) or third (20%) round of their canola crop, while one in ten switch every fourth (9%) or fifth (7%) round.
While many don't actually rotate their herbicide-tolerant systems when it comes to their canola crops, a majority think it's an important tool for a number of reasons. These reasons include:
- Weed resistance management - 89% important (58% very/32% somewhat)
- Volunteer canola management - 82% important (48% very/35% somewhat)
- Blackleg management - 67% important (28% very/39% somewhat)
- Higher quality canola samples/meeting contract soil specs - 61% important (25 very/36% somewhat)
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted between October 19th to 25th, 2012 on behalf of BASF. For this survey, a sample of 401 Western Canadian canola farmers from Ipsos' Canadian online panel was interviewed online. To be eligible for the survey, producers in Western Canada had to grow a minimum 2000+ acres of wheat and canola crops combined. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within +/-5.6 percentage points had all Western Canadian canola growers been polled. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.
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