Insights and Stories on Crops

Could a wheat sample test put money in your pocket?

Mar. 29, 2019 at 3:09 pm CDT

Alberta Wheat is hailing a move by the Canadian Grain Commission to consider making tests for falling number and deoxynivalenol official grain-grading factors. “We want the grain commission to make a whole bunch of changes,” said chair Gary Stanford. “We think the grain should be sold by falling numbers… Everybody […]

Pulse and soybean diseases to watch

Mar. 8, 2019 at 2:35 pm CST

By Angela Lovell

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Consumer demands driving oat research

Jan. 25, 2019 at 2:55 pm CST

By Angela Lovell

Ontario’s deep corn discount

Jan. 18, 2019 at 9:42 am CST

By John Greig

A drone spots a problem in your field. Now what?

Jan. 11, 2019 at 10:23 am CST

By Julienne Isaacs

Online sales can help drive specialty crop products

Dec. 7, 2018 at 2:29 pm CST

More often than not, the first instinct of consumers today is to head online when they’re looking to buy something. That’s less the case when it comes to the traditional agricultural market of inputs and supplies. And it certainly wasn’t on Jack Grushcow’s mind when his company, Linneaus Plant Sciences […]

By Lilian Schaer

The potential in specialty soybean oils

Nov. 2, 2018 at 1:35 pm CDT

A lack of processing capacity continues to hamper Ontario growth in higher-value oil soybeans. Specialty oils have potential to be the next value-added commodity crop in Ontario, especially high-oleic and high-linoleic soybeans, but they are not quite ready for the field yet. Why it matters: Ontario farmers are skilled in […]

By John Greig

Was the weather of 2018 just part of a cycle?

Oct. 12, 2018 at 3:05 pm CDT

Many farmers across Western Canada are counting on October to be a decent harvest month after combines in many areas came to a screeching halt about mid-September as daily rain showers, snow flurries and in some cases snowfall terminated what had largely been a hot, dry summer. But producers contacted […]

By Lee Hart

Think farm safety this harvest season

Sep. 7, 2018 at 2:37 pm CDT

Are you getting worn down by the harvest grind? If you didn’t answer ‘yes’ to that question, then you’re either not being honest or you’re missing the signs of fatigue. “It’s not a badge of honour to say how long and how hard and how many days it’s been since […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Moving grain south of the border

Aug. 31, 2018 at 3:20 pm CDT

If you had a good arm, you might be able to stand outside the Ceres Northgate Terminal and wing a baseball from Saskatchewan into North Dakota. While the terminal and most of Ceres’ twin-loop track is in Canada, part of the track is south of the border. The facility’s border-straddling […]

By Lisa Guenther

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