Estimated barley production for 2024 is 7.839 million tonnes Barley production in western Canada saw a notable...
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Farmers Can Win a Chance to Brew Their Own Beer
Producers can enter the FieldBrew contest until November 15. A contest is giving Canadian farmers a chance to brew...
U of Calgary and WCI Strike Partnership
Western Crop Innovations has entered a memorandum of understanding with the University of Calgary. Aligning current...
The Seed Community is Rallying Around WCI as it Prepares to Meet the Future
Key seed industry players SeedNet, SaskBarley and Alberta Grains are joining others around the Western Crop...
Shape the Future of Crop Innovation: Take Part in the Western Crop Innovations Survey
Western Crop Innovations (WCI), a not-for-profit crop research and development centre based in Lacombe, is calling on...
SaskBarley Joins Western Crop Innovations, Makes $50,000 Contribution to Bolster Breeding
The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) has joined Western Crop Innovations (WCI) as a voting...
In a World Without Regionally Adapted Seed Varieties, Farmer Competitiveness Would Suffer
As general manager of SeedNet, Jeff Jackson understands the critical importance of breeding locally and regionally...
The Lab Meets the Field: Some Quick Takeaways from our AgSmart Panel Discussion
PHOTO: Jeremy Boychyn addresses the crowd while panelists Russell Wildeman, Lori Oatway and Jennifer Zantinge look on....
New Variety Designation Lists for Food Barley are Being Launched
The Canadian Grain Commission is making several grain grading changes for the new crop year following consultation...
New Fusarium Head Blight Mapping Tool Now Available
New Prairie-wide Fusarium head blight (FHB) risk maps are now available to producers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and...
RDAR Invests $2 million to Support the Evolution of FCDC into Western Crop Innovations
Results-Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) is investing $2 million to relaunch the Field Crop Development Centre...
This Lacombe Researcher’s Career is a Tale of Two Chapters
Hiroshi Kubota’s path in plant science happened in two chapters, you might say. The first traces back to his childhood...
Amid Concerns Over Stable Funding, the Field Crop Development Centre has Been Rebranded as Western Crops Innovations
PHOTO: The staff of the Field Crop Development Centre poses for a picture as last year's AgSmart Event, where FCDC...
Disease Ratings Updated for Esma, KWS Kellie, RGT Asteroid and RGT Planet
At the recent PGDC meetings, we received approved disease ratings for some of the barley varieties which were reported...
An Alberta Scientist is Playing a Key Role in a First-of-its-Kind Barley Agronomy Research Program
GrowBarley will take the crop to new heights as modern varieties need a solid agronomy package. Big things are ...
Alberta Grains’ First Executive Director is in Learning Mode
In the world of Alberta agriculture, leadership is pivotal. Mike Flynn, the newly appointed executive director of...
CMBTC Releases 2024 Recommended Malt Barley List
The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has published its 2024–2025 list of recommended malting barley...
Nominations Open for Inaugural Alberta Grains Board
Nominations are open for the Alberta Grains, the newly named, amalgamated Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, board...
How do you Make the Perfect Pint of Beer?
The world’s brewing industry is a vibrant and dynamic sector that relies on a multitude of factors to produce a...
Discover the Future of Barley Breeding in Olds at AgSmart
Attendees of this year’s AgSmart event in Olds, Alta. during the first week of August will be treated to something new, as the annual Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) Field Day becomes an integral part of it. Both events will be held together for the first time, with the Field Day being on Aug. 2.