The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. On March 8, 2023, agricultural leaders from across...
Niche Crops
Testing the Possibility of Growing Rice in Alberta
Researchers are looking into the potential of growing rice in Alberta, a July 29 news release said. The University of...
Advancing Quinoa
Quinoa is still very much a small niche crop in Canada, but since the United Nations declared 2013 the International...
Will Pot Slow Demand for Barley Varieties?
With the Trudeau government poised to fulfill its pledge to legalize marijuana, questions are being raised about what...
Breathing Life into Flax
With only one public breeding program left for the crop in Western Canada, flax researchers are trying to get growers...
Mustard: Little Seed on the Prairie
http://multimedia.agr.gc.ca/22183/22183-02/22183-02-video-590x332-eng.mp4 Starting with only 40 hectares of mustard...
Hemp, Fababeans and Ethoiopian Mustard are Making Their Mark on Alberta
Niche noun \’nich also ’n’sh or ’nish\ A distinct segment of a market Although Jan Slaski will admit that hemp...