With the technology available today, farmers are increasing their production. Seed treatments are among the newest technologies available — by helping seed get the best possible start, they are helping farmers grow more from less. There are several best practices...
Niche noun \’nich also ’n’sh or ’nish\ A distinct segment of a market Although Jan Slaski will admit that hemp acres are still small in Alberta, don’t tell him it’s a niche crop. The researcher with Alberta Innovates Technology Futures doesn’t care for...
New transgenic technologies may signal a brave new world of barley breeding. In Alberta, fusarium head blight, a fungal disease of small grain cereals, presents a major problem that crops up annually for seed growers in the southern and central parts of the province....
There are many moving pieces in the Canadian seed industry today — changes to Plant Breeders’ Rights legislation, changes to variety registration, changes to seed crop inspection delivery. All of these changes might leave growers scratching their heads. We take a...
Stripe rust has been developing earlier than ever before on winter wheat in central Alberta — which may mean it is overwintering in the region. Early in the 2014 crop season, two Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD) pathologists, Krishan Kumar and Kequan...
