How to identify crop pest grasshopper species It can be hard to distinguish between grasshopper species as many of them appear to look similar.…
Getting forage crops off to a good start As so often in farming, the advice on the best strategy for establishing tame pastures starts with…
Researchers breed barley for climate change As climate change creates hotter, drier weather in southern latitudes and pushes agriculture north,…
Do’s and don’ts this planting season One key message looking at the coming 2021 seeding and growing seasons from a panel of western…
Less may be more when battling herbicide resistance In the past five years, growers across Canada have been hearing more and more about a new weed…
The cover crop learning curve Challenges, commitment, trial and error, faith and steep learning curve. Those are some of the…
Soil’s processes need to be understood to build organic matter To understand the paradigm shift in the production of soil organic matter you’re going to have to…
Seed cereal crops in August in waterlogged regions of Alberta this year This year in the northern and north-central areas of Alberta, particularly in the Edmonton region,…
Resistant insect populations growing in southern Alberta Insecticide-resistant insects have flown under the radar on the Canadian Prairies — but…
Steps to lessen the chances of clubroot hitting your fields Clubroot is a serious soil-borne disease. If conditions are right, it can cause up to 100 per cent…
COPA finalist in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
