AAC Westking aims to surplant AAC Brandon as spring wheat variety of choice on the Prairies.
AAC Westking vies for wheat crown
AAC Westking aims to surplant AAC Brandon as spring wheat of choice on the Prairies
Combine market holding, for now
According to a recent news release from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, higher combine prices do not yet appear to have affected their sales in Canada.
Research weighs value to farm from field edges
Researchers hope to weigh whether the value of a ditch or shelterbelt, which is prime pollinator habitat, outweighs the weed or disease risk
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers in Saskatchewan hope to weigh whether the value of a ditch or shelterbelt, which is prime pollinator habitat, outweighs the weed or disease risk.
Dr. Cheryl Waldner, cattle health and welfare champion recognized
Dr. Cheryl Waldner honoured with Canadian Beef Industry Award
Cheryl Waldner — a professor and researcher at the University of Saskatchewan's Western College of Veterinary Medicine — won the 2024 Canadian Beef Industry Award.
The growing threat of verticillium stripe
There’s still a lot unknown about the canola disease, says agronomist
Verticillium stripe is a growing threat for Canadian canola, and there are still few solutions for farmers to beat it back.
New wheat on the block for sawfly, midge
AAC Oakman, available for sale in 2026, brings insect resistance against two wheat pests
AAC Oakman, available for sale in 2026, brings insect resistance both sawfly and wheat midge.
Putting a dollar to rangeland benefits
Research uses genomics to translate economic goods and services into monetary terms
Genome Prairie is a Prairie-wide, four-year project with an ultimate goal of preserving rangelands across Western Canada.
Return of the rust: Manitoba on guard against cereal leaf diseases
Pathologists say more rainfall led to more disease pressure this season
Pathologists say more rainfall led to more leaf disease pressure this season in Manitoba's cereal crops.
Cereal leaf diseases make mark in Manitoba
Tan spot, stripe rust among cereal leaf diseases Manitoba producers are fighting
Variable rains and cool weather in the spring have created lots of opportunity for these diseases to thrive. Field crop pathologist David Kaminski outlines a few to be aware of.
Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust
The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.
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