Your morning omelette may hold the solution to your quick-dying smartphone battery. University of Alberta researchers David Mitlin and post-doctoral fellow Zhi Li have developed a fast-charging supercapacitor using eggshell membranes — a plentiful egg industry byproduct. “We sell the liquid egg whites and the yoke to food processors, and we have no use for
Alberta researchers use eggshells to build better battery
It’s a highly nutritious and long-season forage, but can kale handle winter?
A kale-ryegrass combination offers grazers extended grazing opportunities in the fall and a summertime forage option, too
Grazers growing kale for forage will soon see how the crop handles an Alberta winter. “It’s supposed to handle the cold really well and still stand. We got -10 here the other day and heavy frost, and she’s still going,” said Crossfield-area grazer Graeme Finn at the recent Foothills Forage and Grazing Association crop tour.
Research finds two crops can be better than one in forage production
By overcoming the production challenges of intercropping, cattle producers can reap the benefits of a pea-barley intercrop for forage
Rising feed costs have some livestock producers taking a closer look at a widely used, 1,000-year-old cropping practice that hasn’t yet found a foothold in Canadian agriculture. Intercropping — the practice of growing two or more different crops together — boosts yields and improves land-use efficiency, but the real benefits can be seen in grazing
Precision ag in the poultry barn
A prototype feeding system allows producers to allocate food individually
A prototype precision feeding system could increase broiler breeder chick production by up to 10 per cent
Precision agriculture may hold the answer to a growing problem in Canada’s broiler hatching industry. “Every year, the broiler gets faster and heavier, and every year, the competition for feed increases,” said Martin Zuidhof, associate professor of poultry systems at the University of Alberta. “What we’re seeing in the industry now is a huge challenge
Biotechnology continues to change the face of Canada’s canola industry
Maurice Delage says he only needs to look at his canola crop for proof of how biotechnology has helped his farm. “It’s clear that the modern canola industry in Canada is really a direct result of biotechnology. Without the critical development that took place in the 1990s and the early 2000s, the canola industry as
Improved genetics, biotechnology seen as solution to production challenges
Extreme weather, pests, disease — it may sound like something straight out of the Bible, but these are real problems facing producers across the globe today, and they require solutions soon, says Monsanto’s vice-president of global plant breeding. “We tend to think about 2030 or 2050, but I think we also need to keep in
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