Alberta Seed Update
Alberta’s only seed specific newsletter – Stay on top of seed technology, people and products.
BASF Canada Receives Registration of Sphaerex Fungicide
BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has received registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for Sphaerex Fungicide.
Communicating with Consumers — Are we Doing it Wrong?
GMOs have had a major image problem for years. While it’s easy to point the finger at anti-GM activists, three experts say...
Alberta Harvest Three to Four Weeks Ahead of Schedule
Favourable weather conditions across Alberta has allowed the provincial harvest to be three to four weeks ahead of schedule...
Prairie Cereals Summit to Return This Year
The Prairie Cereals Summit is back in-person following last year's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alberta...
Canadian Team Nabs Borlaug Stewardship Award for Innovation in Wheat Rust Research
The rust-resistant wheat cultivar development team at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) earned the Borlaug Global...
4/19: A Red-Letter Day for Canadian Hemp Varieties
With its latest list of approved cultivars, Health Canada has opened the door to a new era in hemp.
Alberta Harvest Almost Complete
Harvest is almost three weeks ahead with about 96 per cent of crops harvested, 32 per cent ahead of the five-year average...
Pitura Seeds Joins Agro.Club as First Canadian Retail Partner
Manitoba-based Pitura Seeds is the first official retail partner to join Agro.Club Canada, the company says in an Oct. 5...
Are GMOs Sustainable? Can Organic Feed the World? There’s No One-Size-Fits-All
The debate about GMO safety and sustainability is ongoing, but one fact remains: food security is paramount. Does the...
FarmTech to Go Ahead in January with In-Person/Virtual Event
After a one-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic FarmTech will return to Edmonton, Alta. on Jan. 25 and 26, 2022, the...
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.
INSIDERS
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.
How a Schooling Experiment Helped us Think of New Ways to Engage Youth
At the end of the month, our students will be finished their time at the school we set up in our Nisku, Alta., headquarters at the start of the pandemic.
The Spornado Spore Catcher is a Valuable Weapon in Alberta’s Fusarium Fight
A Spornado system in a field. The Spornado catches spores in the air which can then be tested for traces of fusarium....
Seed Testing is the Best Tool we Have for Painting an Accurate Picture of Fusarium
Photo: 20/20 Seed Labs It’s been nearly a year since Alberta changed its regulations regarding Fusarium...
9 New Strains of Clubroot? Why it’s Important to be on Guard
Photo: 20/20 Seed Labs It’s definitely not good news that nine new strains of clubroot — a disease that can kill canola...