Jennifer Barber

• For the best protection, be choosy with glyphosate products

  Two weeks after spraying glyphosate on his chem-fallow, James Madge still had a field thick with healthy wild oats. That’s something […]

• Diversity keeps this 100-year-old family farm in the black

  In the span of a single week last March, a lot went down in the Steppler household. First, Andre and Katie […]

• Bayer research aimed at meeting farmers’ needs

  While research creates innovations to help move agriculture forward, growers are the drivers for new product development. As the first to […]

• Sweet Potatoes And Strawberries: A Winning Combination For Nova Scotia Farmers

  When you employ more than 60 seasonal workers, you want to make sure their time is being used wisely. That search […]

• Shifting Disease Concerns: The New Normal

  As climate, weather patterns, crop rotations and management practices change, disease concerns will shift so growers need to keep on top […]

• For these OYF winners, success is all about taking risks

  If you had told James and Cammy Lockwood in 2011 that they would be managing 7,000 laying and meat chickens and […]

• App helps farmers optimize inputs, time and resources

  Last year, when Patrick Bellefroid was seeding his corn crop, he wanted to trial a new seed treatment on his farm. […]

• Earlier emerging flea beetle may prove more difficult to control

  The flea beetle is one of the most widely spread, unpredictable and potentially damaging pests for a canola crop. While canola […]

• Start the season off right with a solid plan

  Never known for her predictability, Mother Nature threw a lot at Canadian farmers in 2019. Whether it was a late, cold […]

• Last minute seed decisions can pay off

  With late fall deadlines for most seed programs, there are plenty of incentives for growers to book their seed before the […]