Production

• Flea beetles on the move

  More and more non-native flea beetles are spreading into canola country, causing all kinds of problems for growers Flea beetles are […]

• Consumers ‘get the real dirt’ on food production

  Canadian farmers are using the oldest form of communication to talk to urban consumers about how their food is produced. A […]

• Food policy takes a youthful turn

  We hear a lot of discussion about how the agriculture industry is going to ramp up production enough to feed improved […]

• Youth takes up the global food challenge

  Four Canadians head to Australia this summer to join 100 other young folk in search of ways to secure good nutrition […]

• Top 5 errors and fixes to applying crop protection products

  Are bad habits punching holes in your crop protection budget? Maybe it’s time for a diagnostic check-up. Those in the business […]

• Cut at your own risk: why reducing fertilizer rates might not save you money

  It’s seeding time and it’s easy to see how some growers might consider reducing their spring fertilizer to save time and […]

• New fungicide offers extended disease protection for pulses and soybeans

  A new tool in the battle against disease is available to prairie growers this spring.  Delaro fungicide from Bayer CropScience provides […]

• Honey is the glue that cements this working relationship

  At least two 1930s-era W.  W.  Dyck honey cans are still in existence in Manitoba.  One sits on Grant Dyck’s desk […]

• Soybeans trek west

  Without question, the Red River Valley area in Manitoba is a soybean success story. In the past 10 years it has […]

• Delegates head ‘down under’ for 2015 Global Youth Ag-Summit

  Young Canadian Farmers are preparing to tackle world hunger.  Their focus is distinctly global and long-term, but one of their leaders […]

• Better market data yields higher profits

  THE START OF ANY new year is a great time to wrap up sales of last season’s harvest and get a […]

• A year in review

  Agronomists from across the country weigh in on the 2014 growing season, and its implications for 2015 and beyond Overall, the […]

• All volunteer canola is herbicide-tolerant

  With prairie canola acreage hovering around the 20-million mark each year, growers are seeing more and more yellow in their rotations […]

• Track down corn diseases early

  Corn growers can’t do anything about the weather. But when it comes to preventing and managing disease outbreaks, they can learn […]

• Top Winter Wheat Yields From The Bottom Of The Earth

  When we think New Zealand, that small island country about 4,000 km south east of Australia, we mostly picture its diverse, […]