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Gene editing race, illegal seed use in crosshairs at World Seed Congress

May 28, 2024

Canada is now green on global maps shown at the World Seed Congress in Rotterdam. There’s regulatory certainty for gene-edited crops after regulations were announced in April. That means Canada can play a part the rapid growth of innovation around the world.

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Cover crops driving planting and tillage innovation

By John Greig January 24, 2017

Cover crops continue to be one of the most discussed topics in Ontario crop farming. However the discussion has moved beyond the existence of the soil-health-building practice, to the fine details of how to manage such a complex biological system. There were several sessions at the recent Southwest Ag Conference (SWAC) in Ridgetown dedicated to[...]

Chair, directors named for Ontario vegetable board

September 27, 2017

The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission has named a new chair and four directors for the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers board, with another four directors to be elected by growers this week. Suzanne van Bommel, a farm co-owner with a long history of work in the agriculture sector, has been appointed chair. The province dismissed[...]

Canada's soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

September 8, 2017

The rate of degradation of soils in Canada has slowed, but it still is happening at a significant rate and there is still a lot to learn. There are no soil-perfect systems yet for crop production, attendees at the Summit on Canadian Soil Health held recently in Guelph heard repeatedly. No-till farming has declined in[...]

Phosphorus program aims to reduce Lake Erie nutrients

February 1, 2017

Chatham, Ont. -- Henry Denotter's farms near Kingsville, Ont. are close to the Wigle Creek, which flows into Lake Erie and takes with it any residues it pulls from nature and farmers' fields. The Wigle Creek subwatershed, west of Leamington, has turned into ground zero in long-term research on how farmers can reduce phosphorus running[...]

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

November 10, 2016

A new $2-million soil health research project aims to figure out the impact of different cropping systems on the environment. Research will also be conducted on crop productivity relating to soil health. The result should be new knowledge on productivity of traditional cropping systems versus those with cover crops. The project, at the new Soil[...]

Cellulosic sugar co-op looking for farmer investors

November 10, 2016

The Ontario-based Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative is now ready to sign up farmers to supply 55,000 acres of wheat straw and corn stover to a new plant the co-op will partly own in Sarnia, Ont. The co-op will be supplying the biomass to a proposed $70 million Comet Biorefining plant to be built in Sarnia.[...]

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Gene editing race, illegal seed use in crosshairs at World Seed Congress

Cover crops driving planting and tillage innovation

Chair, directors named for Ontario vegetable board

Canada's soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

Phosphorus program aims to reduce Lake Erie nutrients

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

Cellulosic sugar co-op looking for farmer investors

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