Seed companies are starting to tout some verticillium stripe tolerance in their new canola varieties. Meanwhile, researchers have a line on a genetic trait that might physically block infection.
Is canola on the path to withstand verticillium?
Seed companies are starting to tout canola with some verticillium stripe tolerance; meanwhile, researchers have a line on a genetic trait that might physically block infection
On the bus to canola camp
Two-day Manitoba canola camp takes local researchers out to the local farms their work serves
Two-day Manitoba canola camp takes local researchers out to the local farms their work serves.
Prairie farmers on guard against grasshoppers
The 2025 season may be shaping up into another bad one for grasshopper damage in Prairie crops
Farmers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta may be facing down another bad year for grasshopper crop damage in 2025.
Section control helps weed out double-up input costs
Farm equipment with section control technology helps Canadian farmers dodge the extra cost of overlapping seed or fertilizer application
Farm equipment with section control technology helps Canadian farmers dodge the extra cost of overlapping seed or fertilizer application. It’s one example of how precision farm technology can benefit agriculture.
One change to improve Prairie canola yield
Crop rotation and nutrition topped the list for both Canadian farmers and agronomists
A Canola Council of Canada has surveyed growers on their production practices and found rotation and nutrient management key to increasing yields.
Cutting the noise on integrated weed management
A farm can’t chase every integrated weed management practice out there; which ones are most important, according to the experts?
A farm can’t chase every integrated weed management practice out there. Which are most important, according to Canadian agronomy experts?
Meet the farmers turned venture capitalists
Co-op members trade on-farm data into equity stake in ag tech startups
When Hallie Shoffner runs a trial on her Arkansas farm, she gets an equity stake in the startup whose product she’s testing. She’s a member of AgLaunch, a non-profit focused on boosting agricultural technology development. The equity is part of her reward for participating in their farmer network. “It has always bothered me that ag
The benefits of multiple soil tests
Selecting test sites for the least common denominator could waste opportunities
Most farms don’t do even one yearly soil nutrient test per field, but maybe they should be doing three. Three tests would enhance farmer understanding of in-field variability in a way that one test cannot. Why it matters: Soil tests that demonstrate the variability of field conditions might prompt producers to adopt a three-test approach.
Is the water in your sprayer neutering your herbicide?
Calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron and potassium cations in sprayer water will bond with herbicide molecules, such as glyphosate, making them ineffective
Clint Jurke had never, not once, tested the quality of his sprayer water until a colleague said it would make a good topic for an article. “I like to think I’m pretty good at agronomy,” said Jurke, agronomy director for the Canola Council of Canada and farmer from Lloydminster, Sask. “I scout, follow labels’ rates,
Harvest Part 2 looms for some as spring seeding approaches
Dealing with unharvested crops will be different on every farm but having a preliminary plan is still key
Unharvested 2019 crop will be the first thing many western Canadian farmers will have to deal with this spring. There is no easy or one-size-fits-all answer on how to best handle these crops. The ideal option is probably to combine them because they’ll be worth something, crop insurance may require it, and this step removes
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