Each generation of the Hoff family has added something to Livingspring Farms to help it expand and grow for the...
Ashley Robinson
Ashley Robinson
Moving Ag Research Forward Through Collaboration
Private and public researchers are working together to leverage their expertise to push forward agricultural research....
How Public and Private Ag Researchers Work Together
Agricultural research is a complex and time-consuming process. To breed a new crop variety or learn the inner workings...
Putting Your Trust in the Farmers’ Almanac for Weather Forecasts
Farmers turn to the Farmers’ Almanac and Old Farmer’s Almanac for tradition’s sake when it comes to weather...
Harwinder Sidhu is the Well-Rounded Plant Breeder
Harwinder Sidhu, the new AAFC winter wheat breeder, didn’t always plan to become a plant breeder. It wasn’t a...
Predicting Weather with the Farmer’s Almanac
The Farmers' Almanac and Old Farmer’s Almanac are traditions that have been around for decades. Many enjoy looking at...
Getting Down to the Farm Level with Weather Forecasts
Technology has evolved to a point where extremely localized weather forecasts are available. Years ago, weather...
Using Weather Forecasts to Grow a Crop
Growing a crop isn’t easy. There’s a lot of variables involved, a major one being weather. And while you can’t control...
Bacterial Leaf Streak — An Increasing Problem in Alberta
With seed tests now available and awareness on the rise, bacterial leaf streak is a growing problem in Alberta. Cereal...
Upgrading the Mountain View Seed Cleaning Plant in a Pandemic
Despite pandemic delays, Mountain View Seed Cleaning Plant managed to upgrade and expand its seed cleaning plant. When...
Tentative Labour Agreement Sees St. Lawrence Seaway Reopen
A tentative agreement has been reached between the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and Unifor, an...
Getting Real Time Weather Reports with Social Media
The rise of social media has helped to advance the world of weather reporting. Over the years weather forecasting and...
St. Lawrence Seaway Shut Down as Workers Hit the Picket Lines
St. Lawrence Seaway workers started strike action on Sunday, Oct. 23 shutting down the seaway, an Oct. 22 news release...
The Impact of Social Media on Weather
Social media is everywhere these days, if you’re not on X or Facebook or TikTok, you’re probably missing out on...
Season 10 Seed Speaks Preview — The Wild World of Weather
In the agriculture and seed worlds, there’s so many aspects to focus on. Agronomic traits such as disease and pest...
Corns Seeds are Seed Growers Working with Plant Breeders
At Corns Seeds they don’t just grow seeds, they also work with the plant breeders who develop those seeds. The Corns...
Returning to the Land — An Indigenous Story
Indigenous people yearn to farm, and while some are making strides, others are still searching. For Indigenous people,...
The Trickle-down Impact of Brown Bag Seed Sales
Brown bag seed sales affect all levels of the plant breeding and development chain. An illegal so called “brown bag”...
The Illegal World of Seed Sales
Not every seed is bought from a licensed seed retailer, some are sold illegally. These illegal sales are called brown...
Sifting Through Misinformation to Understand Seed Treatments
When it comes to seed treatment policy, the headaches come from misunderstandings. Seed treatments do a lot of good...
The Politics of Seed Treatments
Seed treatments were designed to give seed a leg up, get the crop growing, and help it succeed. That may seem like a...
Raja Ragupathy is Breeding Plants for a Bigger Purpose
Raja Ragupathy’s plant breeding work is focused on helping future generations. When Raja Ragupathy was a boy growing...
Don’t Get Bogged Down When It Comes to Ag Policy
The best way to wade through the effect of policy on agriculture is to look at the bigger picture. When it comes to...
How Outside Policies Affect Agriculture
There’s a lot of outside forces that impact agriculture, especially when it comes to politics. From decisions on...
Building Relationships to Make Waves in Politics
For ag associations working in the political realm, it’s all about making relationships to make their voices heard....
Funding Future Crop Varieties for Alberta Farmers
How do plant breeders access the funds needed to bring new crop varieties to your fields? There’s a lot of effort that...
How Much Sway Do Associations Really Have in Politics?
In the agriculture world, there’s plenty of associations, these associations co-ordinate everything from professional...
The Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group is Working to Simplify Ag Recycling
The Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group is working hard to make agricultural plastics recycling an easy process for...
Balancing Business with Pleasure for Flower Breeding
The flower breeding industry must walk a fine line when it comes to not overwhelming customers with information. For...
Breeding for Beauty — the World of Flowers and Ornamental Plants
Plants aren’t only for food; some are meant for decoration and to make the world a more beautiful place. From flowers...
The Impact of Buying Seed Illegally on the Canadian Seed Industry
The repercussions of illegal seed sales can be wide ranging including impacting future varietal development. Picture...
Starting at the Seed Level to Produce Food
Seed is the basis of almost all food, which makes certified seed paramount to ensure food quality. If you don’t have...
Why Should Consumers Care About Certified Seed?
For most consumers, food is just something they buy in the grocery store. They don’t always consider all the work that...
Majority of Canadian Public Service Employees Back to Work Following Strike
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has reached tentative agreements with Treasury Board of Canada for the...
Information Paramount When It Comes to Grocery Shopping
Consumers want information when grocery shopping, but information overload can happen. Grocery shopping is an...
From the Aisles to the Fields — How Grocery Shopping Affects Ag
When most farmers plant crops, it’s to produce food for consumers around the world. Those consumers buy that food at...
More than 155,000 Canadian Public Service Employees on Strike
More than 155,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members are on strike as of April 19, 2023, a news release...
Season Eight Seed Speaks Preview — The Marketing Power of Seed
Have you ever wondered how seed connects with the consumer? How the story of seed can be marketed or shared with a...
Trait Stacking Opens Up World of Possibilities for Plant Breeding
Trait stacking can help with everything from nutrition to weed control in the plant breeding world. Trait stacking...
Stacking Traits to Create the Varieties of the Future
Stacking traits in plant breeding isn’t anything new, it has been done for years. However, as herbicide resistance...
CP Rail Purchase of Kansas City Southern Approved
The purchase of Kansas City Southern Railway Company by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited has been approved by the...
Working Together on Plant Breeding
Public and private plant breeders believe there are opportunities to work together on plant breeding. While the public...
Marcus Samuel is Playing with Canola Genes
Marcus Samuel has modified canola to help make the Canadian crop weather the future. Marcus Samuel started out working...
The Differences Between Public and Private Plant Breeding
Plant breeding is funded one of two ways — public dollars paid for by governments or private dollars funded by...
Putting Together a Measure of Sustainability
With companies now publishing sustainability reports annually, you may wonder how these reports are put together. The...
Wide Range of Pests, Diseases for 2023 Crops in Alberta
Farmers in Alberta may face a range of issues in their fields with pests and crop diseases for the 2023 growing...
Breeding Crops to be Less Allergenic
With more known than ever before about the genes in plants, plant breeders are now breeding crops with less allergens...
Plant Breeding to Stop Allergies
Allergies and food intolerances to peanuts and wheat are extremely common these days. And while those with these...
Cover Cropping on the Rise in Alberta
Interest in cover crops is growing in Alberta as farmers look for ways to save their soil. As farmers in Alberta try...
Multiple Ag Amalgamations Happening (or Have Happened)
With the Alberta Wheat and Barley commissions set to amalgamate, it follows a growing trend in the agriculture...
The Plant Breeding Toolbox of the Future
Modern plant breeders have access to a wealth of tools that make their work easier. Long gone are the days of mashing...