Welcome to the Battle of the Bushels
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Farmers
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Compatible Herbicides
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Ultimate Winner
About
The Ultimate Canola Battle is Here
We’re putting Canada’s best canola farmers to the test with Battle of the Bushels. This head-to-head, full season challenge pits 15 of Saskatchewan’s top canola growers against their land, the conditions and each other to find the greatest yields in the field.
What does it take to win? Who will come out on top? Get in on the action from seed to harvest as Canada’s best battle it out for every last bushel in this TruFlex® LibertyLink® canola (DEKALB® DK400TL and DK401TL) competition.
Competitors & Farms
EdSchafer
A&E Schafer Farms
Ed Schafer
A&E Schafer Farms
Farm Location: Makwa, SK
Crop Rotation: Wheat, Canola, Peas
Acres Farmed: 9,600 ac
Generation of Farm: 2
Fun Fact: Loves Golfing & Fishing
Estimated Seeding Date: May 20, 2026
Estimated Harvest Date: Sept. 28, 2026
Equipment Brand of Choice: John Deere
Product of Choice: DK401TL
Projected Yield: 54 bu./ac.
Featured Products
Canola
DK401TL
- The highest-yield potential DEKALB canola hybrid in the lineup
- Straight Cut Plus hybrid with built-in trait for enhanced pod shatter protection
- Clubroot Resistance to currently predominant pathotypes
Canola
DK400TL
- The first DEKALB TruFlex® LibertyLink® canola hybrid that includes both clubroot resistance and Straight Cut Plus, while also delivering a high yield potential
- Straight Cut Plus hybrid with built-in trait for improved pod integrity and enhanced pod shatter protection
- Clubroot Resistance Plus (CR+) provides the broadest protection against the most frequently found pathotypes in Western Canada, including 3H, 3A, 3D, 8E, 8N, 9E, 5L, 8P, 8D, 5G, 5C and more. Well suited for all clubroot zones.
Seed Treatment
BUTEO start
- Provides the powerful protection your canola seed needs against flea beetle pressure
- Its powerful protection allows for quicker canopy, more uniform flowering and better maturity
- Its rapid uptake and systemic translocation from cotyledon to leaf margins allows for a strong plant right off the start, even in dry conditions
Seed Treatment
Prosper EverGol
- Prosper® EverGol® offers protection for your hybrid canola seed with three different fungicidal active ingredients (metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin and penflufen), plus a highly effective insecticide to control flea beetles
- Penflufen in particular provides outstanding defence against rhizoctonia, the number one disease affecting canola establishment. As a testament to its efficacy, penflufen represents the first fungicidal active from Bayer specifically engineered for use in seed treatments exclusively.