Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon is working on three new wheat varieties that beat out controls by up to 15 per cent on yield.
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Meet the new yield-boosting wheat varieties being developed in Manitoba
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon is working on three new wheat varieties that beat out controls by up to 15 per cent on yield
The case for better farmer swag
Customer gifts, chemical or seed company merchandise and farm show give aways don’t have to be boring or repetitive
Customer gifts, chemical or seed company merchandise and farm show give aways don’t have to be boring or repetitive
Regulatory model “broken” in Canada – says BASF
Farmers and agribusiness in Canada have long expressed frustration with Canada’s regulatory system
Farmers and agribusiness in Canada have long expressed frustration with Canada’s regulatory system.
Federal agriculture minister pushes faster Canadian regulatory system
Agriculture minister Heath MacDonald says speed and timing of product reviews and approvals needs change
Canadian agriculture minister Heath MacDonald says speed and timing of product reviews and approvals needs change.
Canola gets good news, bad news on sclerotinia fungicides
Sclerotinia samples show various levels of resistance against common fungicide chemistries, including some concerning results from Manitoba
Sclerotinia in Canadian canola fields is still mostly responding to three major fungicide groups, but there are some populations less sensitive to the chemistries, AAFC project shows
Flax seed treatment research looks to boost emergence
A three-year study at Manitoba’s crop diversification centres looks to improve flax stand counts, thus creating more robust, hopefully disease-resistant crops
A three-year study at Manitoba’s crop diversification centres looks to improve flax stand counts, thus creating more robust, hopefully disease-resistant crops
Manitoba sclerotinia picture mixed for 2025
Variations in weather and crop development in this year’s Manitoba canola fields make blanket sclerotinia outlooks hard to pin down
Variations in weather and crop development in this year’s Manitoba canola fields make blanket sclerotinia outlooks hard to pin down
VIDEO: Timing a fungicide for mycosphaerella blight in peas
It pays to know whether and when to spray
Knowing what kind of blight is in your pea field — before firing up the sprayer — can help you avoid an expensive mistake, as just one of the two common blights affecting peas can be treated with a fungicide.
Mapping tool to stop accidental spray damage now available across Prairies
Organic farmers and beekeepers hope FieldWatch can prevent costly spray drift accidents — but buy-in is still building
FieldWatch mapping platform aims to drop accidental spray damage. It’s been available to Saskatchewan farmers and aerial applicators since 2012 and is now available in Manitoba and Alberta.
Fungicide season approaches for Manitoba peas
Mistaking bacterial and fungal diseases like mycosphaerella can be a costly mistake for farmers
Mistaking bacterial infections versus fungal diseases an be a costly mistake for Canadian farmers growing peas and other pulse and soybean crops.
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