Insights and Stories on Crops

Can yield and sustainability coexist?

Oct. 13, 2023 at 10:23 am CDT

Productivity has long been the main focus of agricultural research in Canada – more bushels of grain, more pounds of beef, more litres of milk, all in aid of competitiveness and profitability. Now there’s a new research priority on the block: sustainability, which often clashes with the deeply held belief […]

More bang for your fertilizer buck

Sep. 29, 2023 at 2:31 pm CDT

By Jim Timlick

Researchers want producers to plant more peas

Sep. 22, 2023 at 9:41 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Getting plants to do your tillage

Sep. 15, 2023 at 11:29 am CDT

By Ralph Pearce

Early results are in for variable rate fertilizer economics

Aug. 23, 2023 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Mark Halsall

First Nations tribe spins hay into gold

Aug. 18, 2023 at 10:04 am CDT

Four years ago, Kainai Forage set out to increase its premium forage production fivefold by 2024. If its first cut is any indication, it could be on its way to that 100,000-tonne goal. The plant-to-processing company recently set a record-best first cut when it harvested more than 40,000 tonnes of […]

By Jeff Melchior

Do you know your MRLs?

Aug. 11, 2023 at 9:33 am CDT

Maximum residue limits can affect the marketability of a crop, so farmers need to heed them, say crop market experts. “Because we produce so much beyond what we need for our domestic demand for food, we really do need to keep in mind market access and those requirements that we […]

By Don Norman

How corn responds to dry conditions

Jul. 28, 2023 at 4:39 pm CDT

It’s been a dry summer on many parts of Prairies, and if you’ve happened to be walking the fields in agro-Manitoba, there’s a good chance you’ve kicked up dust. Earlier in July at the Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Morgan Cott with the Manitoba Crop Alliance spoke to how the […]

How to get the most from farm drainage investment

Jul. 28, 2023 at 9:39 am CDT

The search for every last advantage in a field often requires growers to step out of their comfort zone, whether that means considering precision agriculture applications, reduced tillage, lengthening rotations or adding cover crops. Improving field drainage can have significant benefits for soil health, the overall on-farm environment and increased […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Weed control goes high-tech

Jul. 17, 2023 at 9:45 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmer Carl deConinck Smith is a dedicated early adopter who likes to keep on top of the latest innovations in digital agriculture technology. No surprise then that he’s arranged to have some new precision ag tech put to use on his farm this summer. It’s a digital tool developed […]