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 look at what’s to come. Seed testing in… Read More
Content by Treena Hein
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 for all commercial seed treatment facilities in Canada to engage in… Read More
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 areas of Alberta, at least in… Read More
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 lots, you already understand why this… Read More
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 crop. “For a relatively small amount of money, you… Read More
The Rise of Pulses
According to Robyne Bowness Davidson, a pulse research scientist at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) in Lacombe, Alta., there is huge opportunity for the pulse industry due to demand for… Read More
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 the ongoing trade dispute with China, it’s important to note that… Read More
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., herbicide resistance is continuing to increase in terms of how common it is,… Read More
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 estimates that more than five per cent… Read More
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 you, it’s a nasty canola disease that usually… Read More
