Instagram Series Explaining Canola Harvest

A simple series of Instagram posts developed for CanolaInfo to explain how farmers harvest canola seeds.

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Post 1 of 9: How do farmers harvest canola?

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Post 2 of 9: When bright yellow canola fields begin to ripen the canola flowers form pods.

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Post 3 of 9: The canola pods are full of seeds. During ripening stage the seeds change color from green to brown. The stems and pods turn yellow and become more brittle as they dry.

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Post 4 of 9: When at least 60% of seeds are showing some colour change it’s time to cut the canola or as farmers say swath. Using a swather, farmers cut the crop and lay it in rows. Once swathing is completed, the seeds ripen in the pods until they are ready to be harvested.

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Post 5 of 9: Once the seeds have ripened in the swaths it is time to harvest using a combine. The combines picks up the rows or swathes of canola and then threshes the dry pods to remove the canola seeds.

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Post 6 of 9: The seeds are transferred from the combine to a grain truck.

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Post 7 of 9: The grain truck hauls the canola seed to grain bins for storage.

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Post 8 of 9: The canola is stored until it is sold to a canola crushing plant.

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Post 9 of 9: That is how canola seed is harvested!

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