Story Posted: September 03, 2010

High Moisture Canola in Bags Final Report

Tom Boyle, Kim Stonehouse, Tiffany Martinka, Pat Flaten (Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Canola Council of Canada,Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission)

Weather conditions during the cropping season of 2009 were such that Saskatchewan crops were delayed in development from establishment and through to fall. Fall harvest, particularly canola, was pushed into October and eventually November. Unusually snowy, wet and cool conditions in October resulted in pressure to harvest canola at much higher than usual moisture contents during that month. Moisture contents of canola were reported at 15-22%, much of which was not actually measureable by usual instruments.

		Download the Final Report: High Moisture Canola in Bags

Staff of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture (Tom Boyle as project lead and Kim Stonehouse), SaskCanola (Pat Flaten), Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (Phil Leduc, Les Hill), Canola Council of Canada (Tiffany Martinka), and Bunge (Terry Slusar, Rick Cherepuschak) combined resources to devise a protocol, monitor temperatures and quality parameters and report results.

	It remains important to carefully monitor stored canola, regardless of the storage system.

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