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Harvest Progress on Par with Historical Average

About 30 per cent of major crops in Alberta are now in the bin, which is on par with the five and 10 year averages, the weekly crop report from… Read More

U of S Receives $2.7 Million for Barley Research

The Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) is investing $2.7 million over five years into the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC) for a core breeding agreement to develop barley varieties with… Read More

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Brevant High-Yielding Canola Seeds Deliver Disease Resistance

Diseases like clubroot and blackleg continue to put pressure on canola crops in western Canada, spreading across the Prairies. Experts advise farmers to include clubroot resistant canola hybrids in their… Read More

Alberta Crop Trials Featured on Bayer Virtual Crop Tour

Three Alberta crop trials are featured on Bayer’s new virtual crop tour website called The Front Row: Virtual Crop Tour, the company says in a news release on Sept. 15. The… Read More

Alberta Land Prices Up 4.9 Per Cent For First Half of 2020

Land values in Alberta are up 4.9 per cent for the first six months of 2020, a report from Farm Credit Canada released on Sept. 14, says. Alberta’s increase is… Read More

Alberta Wheat Yields and Production to Increase

Wheat yields and production will rise this year in Alberta, Statistics Canada’s model-based principal field crop estimates for August 31, 2020, says. Wheat area is expected to edge up 0.2 per… Read More

Harvest Progress Slowed by Rain

Rain across Alberta, particularly in the north east, north west and Peace areas, slowed harvest progress, the weekly crop report from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry on Sept. 11, says. As… Read More

Feds Give $640,000 to Support Organic Farmers

The following piece is from our sister publication, Spud Smart. The federal government has give more than $640,000 to the Canadian Organic Growers (OGC) to help get more Canadians buying… Read More

Looking Towards the Future

It’s a brave new world out there, and two Albertans are poised to do very exciting things which could have a big impact on the world of science and food…. Read More

Good Weather Pushes Harvest Progress

Favourable weather across Alberta with little rain advanced harvest progress across the province, the weekly crop report from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry on Sept. 4, says. Ten per cent of… Read More

FarmCash Applications Open for Fall Advances

Applications are now open for post-harvest FarmCash advances, the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC), says in a news release on Sept. 1. Alberta producers of more than 50 agricultural commodities, including… Read More