I did not have a weather station or soil probe on any of these fields, but all were within 2-4 miles of the weather station and soil probe I do have. We targeted the same 15 bu/ac as the wheat and sprayed the canola around the 3-5 leaf stage. None of the trials reached the targeted 15bu/ac. It is possible that we were low on other macronutrients or that heavy rains caused more nitrogen loss. We sprayed UAN+generic agrotain on 3 fields at rates listed below. These trials weren’t replicated. All treatments made a net profit except for the last field 8 gallon rate which lost -2.8$/ac. The first field of standing L234PC we took off the 12 gallon rate trial had a drowned out area in it that brought the yield down. Yield increases varied from 9bu/ac to as low as 1.5bu/ac.

Next year if the moisture is good during the growing season, I will put initial macro rates to a 15bu/ac yield bump above my target yield and add Nitrogen if it is called for. I wasn’t entirely sure what results would look like so didn’t want to go too crazy with rates this year. Overall we were pleased with the increases we saw.