Thanks to Cutting-Edge Barley Breeding, The Craft Beer Boom Means Big Opportunity
The craft beer market has exploded during the pandemic, and that only means more success for a Canadian beer industry that was already seeing a renaissance even before COVID-19 became a part of our lives.
U of S Receives Funds to Improve Wheat Phosphorous, Nitrogen Uptake
The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) has been awarded $295,000 by...
PCR Technology Benefits You in Many Ways, Not Just in COVID Testing
You’ve likely heard of PCR testing, as those three letters have been used a lot in the media in recent months with regard...
Seed Speaks — Innovations in Seed Treatments
Seed World Group is taking a closer look at individuals and companies tackling agriculture’s biggest challenges in this...
WGRF Announces $6 Million for 43 Crop-related Research Projects
Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), the Canadian Agricultural...
Parthiba Balasubramanian is Breeding Dry Beans for ‘Berta
Parthiba Balasubramanian is working to breed dry bean varieties specifically for Albertans. Parthiba Balasubramanian didn’t...
Do More Ag Offering Telus Health MyCare Counselling to B.C. Farmers for Free
The Do More Agriculture Foundation is offering Telus Health MyCare counselling at no cost to all British Columbia producers and their families until Feb. 28, a Jan. 7 news release says.
Focus on Your Messaging to Ace Ag Social Media
In order to share stories on social media you must focus on what the message is. Over the last decade social media has...
From Our Desk: Innovations that Move the Needle
Mother Nature isn’t pulling any punches, insects continue to attack, diseases are evolving and countless other threats are...
NBT Regulations’ Domino Effect on Global Trade and Innovation
Technological advancements are moving at lightning speed and governments around the world are struggling to keep pace. As...
Clean Seed
With 67 individual farmer-owned seed and grain processing co-ops located throughout Alberta, and the Peace region of BC, the Alberta Seed Processors, formerly known as Alberta Association of Co-op Seed Cleaning Plants Ltd. offers a wide range of services.
Find Seed
Seed.ab.ca offers you many ways to source seed for your farm. The Seed Grower and Seed for Sale search tools are a great resource to find seed produced locally in your area, as well as locate specific varieties.
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PCR Technology Benefits You in Many Ways, Not Just in COVID Testing
You’ve likely heard of PCR testing, as those three letters have been used a lot in the media in recent months with regard...
Seed Quality is Good, but Availability is Another Story
During harvest 2021, many of us were worried about seed quality. Make no mistake, the Prairie drought did affect seed in...
Less Seed-borne Disease This Year, But Fusarium Is Still a Threat
This fall we are seeing less seed-borne disease in samples received by 20/20 Seed Labs in Nisku, Alta. Since August 2021,...
A Brief Guide to Seed Sampling
Fact: the most important part of seed testing happens before the seed is tested. Every seed test begins with a seed sample,...
New Tests for Soybean Cyst Nematode are Crucial to Fighting This Pathogen
My R&D team at 20/20 Seed Labs Inc. has been working on and off for the past eight years to develop a usable, working DNA-based test for soybean cyst nematode (SCN).
Seed Testing Critical to Ensuring Good Cereal Seed Performance in 2022
We’ve seen two phenomena play out in 2021 as far as weather goes: inadequate precipitation causing drought and extended...
Research is Further Proving the Effectiveness of the Spornado
A couple of months ago I wrote about the Spornado, a passive spore catcher first successfully deployed by potato growers in Ontario to detect late blight spores.
