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Photo: Pixabay As is typical in many parts of Canada, if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. March 2021 in...

Photo: 20/20 Seed Labs It’s definitely not good news that nine new strains of clubroot — a disease that can kill canola...

The Alberta wheat midge forecast for 2021 is now available and, depending on where you farm, there’s good news and bad...

In previous columns we covered the threats posed by fusarium, sclerotinia and aphanomyces. Ascochyta is the next one we...

There’s a lot of optimism going into the 2021 crop year, and chances are, you’ve made your seed decisions already — you’re...

Root rot in pea is caused by a complex of four different pathogens, one being aphanomyces. Aphanomyces euteiches is a newer...

Maximizing strengths and knowing the limitations of cereal genetics on-farm As we near the spring seeding season, we turn...

A fungus called Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is becoming more prominent in canola fields in Western Canada, and it’s something...

Getting seed off to the best start possible is key to maximizing yield. So, when making decisions about cereal seed,...