A grain handling yard equipped with a SigmaGrain software system from Sigmasys. Photo: Sigmasys What are the benefits seed...
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Treena Hein
Treena Hein
As the Plant-Based Food Market Surges, the Lupin Bean is a Rising Star
Lupin bean pods. Photo: Koralta The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. According to a new Ernst...
New Seed Tests and Technologies
A round-up of the new tests, testing methods and equipment being used in Alberta to expand knowledge of seed quality, and a...
Looking Back and Forward on the Development of Seed Treatment Standards
An update on third-party certification as the deadline for full industry participation approaches. With about a year to go...
Pest and Disease Outlook 2020
Top pest and disease concerns in Alberta for the coming year. After a couple of dry years, 2019 was a wetter year in most...
Thousand Kernel Weight Test: What’s It All About?
This spring, if you are a farmer who asks for a Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW) test on cleaned samples of each of your seed...
Seed Quality: What You Need to Know About Seed Quality Issues This Year
Now, more than ever, seed testing provides excellent value as a very small but critical input cost in producing the best...
The Rise of Pulses
According to Robyne Bowness Davidson, a pulse research scientist at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) in Lacombe,...
If Canola were an App, it Would Need an Update
New discoveries have the potential to boost canola breeding well beyond its impressive achievements to date. In light of...
Seek and Destroy: The Control Of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds Through Seed Destruction
According to Breanne Tidemann, a field agronomy scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based in Lacombe, Alta.,...
After The Harvest Of 2018, Should Growers Use Saved Or Certified Seed In 2019?
It was a hard harvest in Alberta in 2018. Due to the wet, cold and snowy conditions in September and October, there were...
Clubbing Clubroot: An Update On Breeding Clubroot-Resistant Canola
On the Prairies, clubroot appeared in Alberta in 2003, in Saskatchewan in 2008 and Manitoba in 2013. As any grower can tell...