Mark Olson has been announced as the interim executive director for Alberta’s Western Crop Innovations as it...
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Ensuring Transparency and Stability for Staff is Paramount as Former FCDC Becomes Western Crop Innovations
PHOTO: From left: FCDC Program Director Kofi Agblor, WCI Interim Board Chair Jason Lenz, and John Conrad, assistant...
Major Water-Sharing Agreements are Ready as Drought Looms, says Province
The largest water-sharing agreements in Alberta’s 118-year history are now in place to help respond to the risk of...
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...
The 411 on RVTs
What are the regional variety trials and how can you as a farmer use them to grow the best crops? Editor’s note: This...
Seeds Canada Issues Responses to CFIA Survey, Calls for a More Forward-Thinking Approach to Regulatory Matters
Seeds Canada has released its responses to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s winter survey on Seed Regulatory...
Doug Miller of CSGA Submits to Some Spicy Questions in a Spicy Webinar
The executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association sat down with Seed World Canada’s Marc Zienkiewicz to...
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...
New Canola Research Aims to Boost Yield, Profitability
PHOTO: Professor Habibur Rahman (right) and research associate Berisso Kebede Demo are working to improve the genetic...
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...