PHOTO: From left: FCDC Program Director Kofi Agblor, WCI Interim Board Chair Jason Lenz, and John Conrad, assistant...
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How a Desire to Lead Brought This Wheat Breeder to Alberta
Gurcharn Singh Brar is a wheat breeder whose path meandered from the breadbaskets of Punjab, India, to the sprawling...
Kenny Piecharka and KWS are Unlocking the Potential of Hybrid Rye
PHOTO: Kenny Piecharka is the new country head for KWS Canada. In a recent interview, Kenny Piecharka, the newly...
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...
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...
Why Should You Invest in New Genetics? Watch Last Week’s Panel Discussion to Find Out
Featured photo: Last week's panel discussion at the CrossRoads Crop Conference featured Alberta Seed Guide Editor Marc...
Alberta Grains Announces its First Board of Directors
The Alberta Grains Annual General Meeting held today at the CrossRoads Crop Conference became a significant moment for...
Harwinder Sidhu is the Well-Rounded Plant Breeder
Harwinder Sidhu, the new AAFC winter wheat breeder, didn’t always plan to become a plant breeder. It wasn’t a...
CMBTC Releases 2024 Recommended Malt Barley List
The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has published its 2024–2025 list of recommended malting barley...
Canada Produces Top Quality 2023 Wheat Crop
Despite a challenging growing season that led to variable yields and below-average production, Canada produced another...
Cost to Grow Wheat in Canada Falls for 2023
The production costs to grow wheat in Canada fell by 26.5 per cent in 2023, a Nov. 17 news release from Statistics...
Syngenta Launches New Cereal Herbicide Talinor for 2024 Growing Season
Syngenta Canada has launched Talinor, a post emergent cereals herbicide that has a differentiated active ingredient to...
Stay Vigilant in Continued Fight Against Fusarium
Information and awareness have always been and continue to be the best defences against fusarium. While fusarium may...
Vietnam Lifts Restrictions on Canadian Cereals Exports
Vietnam has released a revised quarantine pest list, which no longer includes creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), thus...
Raja Ragupathy is Breeding Plants for a Bigger Purpose
Raja Ragupathy’s plant breeding work is focused on helping future generations. When Raja Ragupathy was a boy growing...
Do You Know About Near-Infrared Spectroscopy?
The journey from a summer student at the Field Crop Development Center (FCDC) to a seasoned research scientist has...
CGC Walks Back on Changes to Grain Grading
After receiving concerns from stakeholders the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) is removing previously proposed...
Alberta Grains Chosen as New Name for Merged Wheat, Barley Commissions
Alberta Barley and Alberta Wheat commissions have chosen the name Alberta Grains for its newly merged organization, a...
Cereals Canada Announces New Members and Board Change
Cereals Canada welcomes the SaskBarley Development Commission (SaskBarley) and AgroHall into its membership according...