Tag Archives Botany
	Need a quick pick-me-up?
This can provide continuous indoor bloom while you wait to garden outdoors
Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) and Bill C-18
Despite what detractors say, both farmers and breeders will benefit
	Manitoba farmers get one-time amnesty on Faller wheat
They can deliver to ADM in the U.S. for a premium
	Prairie fruit business needs more sea buckthorn growers
Manitoba maker of sea buckthorn products says a lack of berries has limited the growth of her business
	An ode to the Prairie garden
Letter Five from Northern Blossom Farms: In his fifth instalment from Northern Blossom Farms, Gary Martens reflects on the value a garden brings to a farmer’s life
	Where is AAFC’s wheat-breeding program headed?
After closing Winnipeg’s Cereal Research Centre, the federal government has invested $85 million in a new wheat research program in Saskatoon
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has led Canadian wheat breeding for more than 100 years, but recent actions by the federal government have some wondering about its future role. A year ago, Ottawa announced it will close AAFC’s venerable Cereal Research Centre on the University of Manitoba’s Winnipeg campus because it would cost too much
	Is alfalfa weevil taking a bite out of your forage crop?
Researchers are working on an interactive map to help producers assess potential for weevil infestations
Many Saskatchewan forage growers dutifully waited for alfalfa to reach the 15 per cent bloom stage before cutting last year, but their patience went unrewarded. Thanks to the alfalfa weevil, a nasty little pest that has been gradually spreading across the southern Prairies since its arrival here in the 1950s, they were waiting for a