Treena Hein, Author at The Alberta Seed Guide

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...

An update on third-party certification as the deadline for full industry participation approaches. With about a year to go...

Top pest and disease concerns in Alberta for the coming year. After a couple of dry years, 2019 was a wetter year in most...

by Treena Hein | Jan 7, 2020 | News

This spring, if you are a farmer who asks for a Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW) test on cleaned samples of each of your seed...

Now, more than ever, seed testing provides excellent value as a very small but critical input cost in producing the best...

by Treena Hein | Nov 11, 2019 | Pulse

According to Robyne Bowness Davidson, a pulse research scientist at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) in Lacombe,...

New discoveries have the potential to boost canola breeding well beyond its impressive achievements to date. In light of...

According to Breanne Tidemann, a field agronomy scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada based in Lacombe, Alta.,...

It was a hard harvest in Alberta in 2018. Due to the wet, cold and snowy conditions in September and October, there were...

On the Prairies, clubroot appeared in Alberta in 2003, in Saskatchewan in 2008 and Manitoba in 2013. As any grower can tell...

Accessing superior genetics and seed is one way to ensure that Canada remains competitive in global agriculture. We talk...

Supercluster is one of the latest buzzwords beings bandied about in the ag media these days. A cluster, as defined by...