Well-established in Europe and Australia, lupin, a protein powerhouse crop, has gained a foothold in Alberta. Across...
Treena Hein
Treena Hein
Saving Time with Harvest Data Management Tech
A grain handling yard equipped with a SigmaGrain software system from Sigmasys. Photo: Sigmasys What are the benefits...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Capturing Value, Funding Innovation
Accessing superior genetics and seed is one way to ensure that Canada remains competitive in global agriculture. We...
Superclusters and Accelerators Might Transform an Industry
Supercluster is one of the latest buzzwords beings bandied about in the ag media these days. A cluster, as defined by...
Clubbing Clubroot
On the Prairies, clubroot appeared in Alberta in 2003, in Saskatchewan in 2008 and Manitoba in 2013. As any grower can...
Becoming One with the Machine
This new seeding innovation is one example of how new ideas are transforming precision ag. Agriculture – like all...
Riding the Western Soybean Wave
Soybeans were once unheard on the Prairies. Now, they’re marching west from Manitoba to Alberta, with no end to...
Blackleg and Clubroot in Canola
Blackleg and clubroot are both serious diseases that are growing in severity across Alberta, but with proper and...
The 4-P Funding Model
Taking a look at one very successful Alberta-based initiative. The 4-P model (public/private/producer partnership) for...
Cigi Enters a New Era
The Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) works with the entire grain and field crop value chain within...
Public Versus Private Crop Breeding
There are some important differences between public and private breeding – and how these differences affect seed...
Accessing New Seed Varieties
New tools and techniques influence how new varieties are developed and can also shave a little off the timeline....
Limagrain Cereals Research Canada
Last summer, an exciting new research and breeding partnership between Canterra Seeds and Limagrain was announced. The...
Solving the Problem of Hard Seeds
Beans are primarily sold as a dry commodity, and therefore, visual seed quality is important – an intact seed coat,...