Insights and Stories of Angela Lovell

Aug. 13, 2021 at 9:44 am CDT

It used to be a cheeky way of saying “C’mon, get over it.” Somebody might complain that you took the last donut, or that you stepped on their toe. And you’d reply, “So, sue me!” Not anymore. Across farm country, the phrase now is deadly earnest. Farming is no longer […]

By Angela Lovell

Jun. 18, 2021 at 9:23 am CDT

It can be hard to distinguish between grasshopper species as many of them appear to look similar. And while they may look alike, only a few of them pose a threat to farmers. A typical Prairie system of pasture, cropland and roadside vegetation, for instance, might have 30 to 40 […]

By Angela Lovell

Feb. 7, 2020 at 9:37 am CST

As farming gets ever more expensive and as margins get tighter, there’s less room for error, which means the need for risk management isn’t going away in the next 10 years. What will change, though, is the type of insurance products farmers will be able to buy, with innovations driven […]

By Angela Lovell

Mar. 8, 2019 at 2:35 pm CST

While dry conditions during the 2018 growing season didn’t stop all instances of foliar, stem and root rot diseases across Western Canada, pulse growers didn’t see the high levels of pulse or soybean diseases associated with warm, moist conditions. But that doesn’t mean scouting won’t be necessary in 2019. The […]

By Angela Lovell

Jan. 25, 2019 at 2:55 pm CST

Health conscious people are in “the know” about the benefits of eating oats and oat products. Oats truly are a super food, high in dietary fibre that many studies suggest can help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and colorectal cancer. At the University of Alberta’s […]

By Angela Lovell