Canola in bloom in Morinville, Alberta, in July 2025. Photo: Zak McLachlan

Lower canola seeding rates can pay off: study

Canola seeding trials in Saskatchewan net interesting results under various conditions dealing in emergence efficiency

Research shows lower canola seeding rates improve emergence and root systems, boosting yields in dry years while cutting input costs.



Tarnished plant bug (a lygus bug) on clover. Photo: Scott Bauer, ARS/USDA

Trap crops to cut faba bean spraying?

Trap cropping may concentrate pest insects away from the main crop so they can be better managed, with less ecological spillover

Trap cropping may draw pest insects away from the main crop and concentrate them for precise blitz control, less insecticide needed and friendlier farming for beneficial insects.



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New research sheds light on infertility in bulls

Scientists do a deep dive into molecular biomarkers of sperm with protein synthesis to solve problems across species

Southern Alberta researchers make ground-breaking discovery in sperm function examining male infertility in bovines

Photo courtesy of Brenda McCullough
Ron McCullough's passion for aviation included flying around South America with a classmate, back in the summer of 1959, financed by the sale of written and broadcast reports.

Agriculture journalism’s forefather remembered

Ron McCullough’s influence dates back to the birth of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation 70 years ago in Edmonton

Ron McCullough’s influence dates back to the birth of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation 70 years ago in Edmonton






An adult migratory grasshopper, one of the pest species of grasshopper on the Canadian Prairies.

Manitoba 2025 grasshopper season gets early start

Proper identification, aiding natural predators, weather, spraying can all play into grasshopper control on the Canadian Prairies

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.