Canola

Canola seed (oilseed rape) is crushed for food and non-food uses such as edible oil, renewable biofuels and lubricants. The residue is sold as canola meal, providing high-energy animal feed. Canola is a major crop for Canada, Australia, China, India and Europe. It is also increasingly cultivated in areas of the U.S. Canola plays a vital role in crop rotation as a break crop and is grown in fields to interrupt the repeated sowing of cereals. Without canola, the production of other crops and cereals could be substantially impacted.

Weeds are highly competitive with canola, and can use up resources – moisture, nutrients, access to sunlight – that would otherwise be available to the crop. Weeds like cleaver, similar to canola in size and shape, can contaminate the harvest by being mistakenly picked. Therefore, good weed control early in the growth season requires an integrated and consistent management strategy for canola. The use of high-yielding canola varieties – bred using genetic modification to be herbicide-tolerant (HT) – and in conjunction with broad spectrum herbicides offer the most powerful means of weed control.

The only broad spectrum herbicides that can be used with HT canola crops today are Glufosinate-ammonium and Glyphosate. Until recently, only Glyphosate-tolerant canola was available. Insufficient rotation of the herbicidal modes of action in the past has resulted in many weeds in vital canola growing regions no longer responding to Glyphosate treatment. As such, farmers are increasingly aware of the need to rotate their use of Glyphosate with Glufosinate-ammonium to mitigate weed resistance.

Did you know?

With more than 11 million tonnes of canola produced, China ranks among the biggest world producers, followed by Canada, India, and Germany.
Canola (“Can” for Canada and “ola” for oil low acid) has a very low level of saturated fat – 7% or below. It was developed by Canadian plant breeders by removing the anti-nutritional components from rapeseed.

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Fighting Weed Resistance

Overreliance on a single herbicide can cause the development of resistant weeds jeopardizing yields.

Benefits For The Crop

Glufosinate-ammonium has enabled the healthy production of more than 100 crops.

Benefits In The Field

Glufosinate-ammonium’s unique chemistry enables a substantial increase in yields and offers significant agricultural advantages.

Sustainability

Glufosinate-ammonium preserves the balance between the needs of the environment, economy and society.

Basics

Glufosinate-ammonium is one of the most widely-applied broad-spectrum herbicides, controlling weeds in a huge variety of crops worldwide.

Safety

The use of a plant protection product is only authorized if the resulting exposure of the consumer to residues is shown to be less than a toxicological limit which always includes a safety factor of at least 100.

Benefits

For more than 30 years, Glufosinate-ammonium has become one of the key herbicides in global agriculture. For farmers, the product offers a unique, simple and effective weed control in a variety of crops, while preserving a balance between the needs of the environment, economy and society.