Digvir Jayas grew up on a farm in India where he saw too much grain spoil, inspiring him during his renowned career in grain storage research. Now he’s been named to the Order of Manitoba to honour that work.
Farmers who spray their crops for grasshopper pests this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge.
The idea that weather and wheat variety do more to impact grain quality isn’t necessarily surprising, but new research offers up the good news that fungicides and glyphosate aren’t making the farmer’s crop worse.