New numbers from Statistics Canada confirm Alberta as the top honey producing province in Canada. “Alberta produced...
Industry News
Producer Groups Provide Leadership in Wheat and Barley Breeding
Recognizing the important role producer funding of public breeding has played in delivering new wheat and barley...
Five Alberta Farmers Among Winners of 2015 Pioneer Yield Challenge Contest
DuPont Pioneer announces the 15 winners of  the 2015 Western Canadian Proving Ground Yield contest, and five Alberta...
Canterra Follows Up Alberta Hire with New Saskatchewan Position
Canterra Seeds welcomes Lauren Wensley as pedigreed seed territory manager for Saskatchewan, effective Jan. 4, 2016....
GrainCorp to Operate Elevators Across Alberta
GrainCorp Canada announces the creation of a new, fully integrated export supply chain for Canadian grain and oilseed...
Alberta Barley Board Re-elects Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Alberta Barley’s board of directors has re-elected director-at-large Mike Ammeter as chairman and region three...
XiteBio SoyRhizo for Soybean Approved by CFIA
XiteBio Technologies receives approval for expanded use of XiteBio SoyRhizo in the Canadian market from the Canadian...
Nine Billion People? Not Until 2065, Basse Says
AgResource Company president Dan Basse returned to the American Seed Trade Association's Corn & Sorghum Seed...
New Director-at-Large Elected, Two Farmers Acclaimed to Alberta Barley Board
Two Alberta Barley directors have been acclaimed to the board and one farmer has been elected as director-at-large...
BASF Canada Changes HiStick Inoculants Branding
BASF's HiStick brand inoculants is changing its name to Nodulator. Only the name will change, and growers and...
Agriculture in the Classroom Alberta Benefits from Syngenta Twitter Contest
This past growing season, Syngenta Canada asked the Twitter community to #FollowTheSeed and learn about the...
Alberta Wheat Commission Takes Part in Wheat Genomics Research
The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC), the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat), and the Western Grains...
Nufarm Closing Calgary Manufacturing Operations
Nufarm Limited decides to close its manufacturing operations in Calgary, Alta. as part of its plan to build a more...
Results of 2015 Canola Performance Trials Released
Results of the 2015 Canola Performance Trials (CPT) have been released. For 2015, participants in the trials consist...
Lists of Prairie Grain Development Committee (PGDC) Supported Cultivars
This year the Prairie Grain Development Committee met Feb. 23-25 in Banff, Alta., to review new cultivars and put...
New Clubroot Pathotype on the Horizon
Alberta researchers have identified a new clubroot pathotype. Proactive management will be key in 2015. A new clubroot...