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ASGA Honours Industry Stalwarts
The Alberta Seed Growers Association held its annual general meeting last week, honouring several members of the seed...
FarmTech 2016: An Attendee’s Experience
Alberta Canola Producers Commission director Kelly McIntyre attended last week's FarmTech event. He offers his...
Podcast: Pea Leaf Weevil Expanding its Range
Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture, talks about pea leaf weevil. Meers says the range...
Canola Producers Commission Introduces 2016 Board of Directors
The 26th Annual General Meeting of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission (ACPC) was held January 26 at the FarmTech...
Alberta Farmers Crowned in DeKalb Seed for Yourself Yield Challenge
This year, hundreds of growers competed in the DeKalb Seed for Yourself Yield Challenge. Growers entered their DeKalb...
Podcast: 2016 Insect Forecast
The 2016 insect forecast maps are now available  on Alberta Agriculture’s website. Scott Meers, insect management...
Cereal Researcher Receives Prestigious Award
Former Alberta Agriculture and Forestry researcher Jim Helm is awarded the prestigious American Society of Agronomy...
CS Camden Oat Receives Milling Approval
Canterra Seeds announces its CS Camden oat has been added to the list of recommended varieties by Grain Millers of...
Canary Seed Approved for Human Consumption
Canary seed, which has been used almost exclusively as birdseed has received novel food approval from Health Canada as...
Wheat Class Modernization Plan Moves Ahead
The Canadian Grain Commission’s plan for modernizing Canada’s wheat class system will move ahead with the...
Government of Canada to Discontinue Conditional Registrations for Pesticides
Health Minister Jane Philpott announces that Health Canada intends to stop granting new conditional registrations of...
WGRF Commits $1.6 Million to 12 New Research Projects
Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) and other producer commodity...
XiteBio Welcomes Two New Sales Representatives
XiteBio adds Shawn Rowson and Ryan Ortman as agricultural sales representatives for Western Canada. Ortman will be...
Alberta Wheat Commission Announces Director-at-Large Election at Annual Meeting
The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) announces that a director-at-large election will be held during this year’s...
U of S Researchers Help Lead Wheat Genome Sequencing Breakthrough
An international consortium of scientists co-led by the University of Saskatchewan has been able to crack the code for...
Plant Breeding 101
The process of plant breeding can be a long and complicated one, but we talk to three experts who boil it all down....
Syngenta Launches Apron Maxx with Intego Co-pack Targeting Root Rot in Pulses
Syngenta Canada launches a new co-pack, Apron Maxx with Intego, for western Canadian pulse growers looking to control...
Podcast: Cropping Alternatives 2016 Available
Alberta Agriculture has just released the Cropping Alternatives tool for 2016. In this short podcast, Rawlin...
Alberta Had Most Honeybee Colonies in Canada in 2015
New numbers from Statistics Canada confirm Alberta as the top honey producing province in Canada. “Alberta produced...