Scouting for sclerotinia at swathing lets producers know how much disease pressure is lurking so they can plan accordingly. PHOTO: CLINTON JURKE/CANOLA COUNCIL OF CANADA

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



AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 11, 2025

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 11, 2025

  Guelph researchers creating a more robust, transgenic canola Crop breeders from the University of Guelph are well on their way to creating a better yielding, more stress-tolerant canola variety. Early results are showing an increased seed yield of 35 per cent per plant. The researchers used gene editing to remove some canola genes and


Soybeans mature near Brandon in fall 2024. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Critical growing season is ahead for soybeans

What the weather turns out to be in the United States is going to have a significant impact on Canadian producers’ prices

What the weather turns out to be in the United States is going to have a significant impact on Canadian producers’ prices

Canola in flower in a field near Stockholm, Sask. in late July, 2024. | Greg Berg photo

Manitoba canola industry has new frontiers

Canola meal is increasingly the subject of research looking for markets and uses for the oilseed’s byproduct

Canola oil is still the main priority for the sector, but canola meal is increasingly the subject of research looking for new markets and uses for the oilseed’s byproduct.


Operators are still required in the cab for most farming tasks as equipment manufacturers gradually automate the processes and decisions that require operator intervention. Photo: File

Farming still has digital walls to scale

Hurdles between Canadian farms and widespread adoption of digital agriculture technology haven’t changed much

Canadian farms still face the same obstacles to adopting digital agriculture technology, despite the years industry and policy makers have had to break them down.



Canola flowers weave into a DNA helix image made up of corn cobs.
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Gene editing up a better canola crop: FEATURE

Canola gene editing project taps maize genetics for a more robust, higher yielding plant

Gene editing techniques and maize genetic material may be the seed for more robust and stress tolerant canola plants. Canadian research is trying to make it happen.

Stressful transport conditions and poor trailer design are leading to pig mortality, meat quality loss and financial penalties in the pork industry, according to a Canadian research scientist. Photo: Miguel Perfectti/GettyImages

Pig transport stress costs pork sector

Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transport, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says

Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transportation, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says