Canola in Rotations

• Canola is one of the most profitable crops available to grain growers in southern and western Australia and rotations have been adapted to accommodate it. • Canola provides large yield benefits to subsequent cereal crops by providing an effective disease break. • Canola was often grown as the first crop after pasture but now canola is often used more intensively in rotations, posing problems of herbicide use, disease carryover and increasing potential of blackleg in existing cultivars. • The sulfur, gypsum and lime required to grow canola in many regions are providing a benefit to crops and pastures grown in rotation.