Winter canola is a new crop for the northern regions of the Eastern Corn Belt. Fall establishment has been a problem, which may contribute to lower grain yields. It was hypothesized that management practices, such as increased seeding rate or the use of fungicide-treated seed may increase grain yields. To test this hypothesis, the variety �Wichita' was established in two northern Ohio sites and one northern Indiana site in the fall of 2005 and 2006. Experimental design was a two-factored randomized block replicated six times.  Treatments included three seeding rates of 6.7, 10.1 or 13.4 kg per ha with or without a commercial fungicide. Even though there were three significantly different populations, yields were not affected by seeding rate or the use of fungicide-treated seed.