Insights and Stories on Agricultural Research

flax flowers blooming in Manitoba's Interlake area

AgGronomyTV: Evaluating on-farm research

May. 30, 2025 at 11:01 am CDT

Crop research is essential to provide insight into how crops perform. Commodity groups in particular are well-positioned to help produce and distribute that information once it’s collected. In this video from St. Jean Farm Days earlier this year, Madison Kostal with the Manitoba Crop Alliance and Daryl Domitruk with Manitoba […]

Cutting nitrous oxide emissions without cutting the crop

Apr. 11, 2025 at 10:52 am CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

Handful of arable soil in hands of responsible farmer, close up, selective focus

Crop Production Show 2025: Ag research sector has productivity problem: panellists

Jan. 15, 2025 at 10:49 am CST

By Delaney Seiferling

Teasing out the social angle of sustainable ag research

Mar. 21, 2024 at 12:23 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

People visit crop plots at Discovery Farm Woodstock

Discovery Farm Woodstock joins Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network

Aug. 8, 2023 at 9:14 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia

Survey to look at farm stress from Alberta angle

Jun. 6, 2023 at 4:26 pm CDT

Researchers from the University of Alberta and AgKnow, the province’s farmer mental health network, are looking to build up Alberta-specific data on farming stress, mental health and well-being, and the ways in which farmers cope. They study team is “looking for farmers, ranchers, or anyone who works or lives on […]

By GFM Staff

Pre-election reports analyze Alberta’s ag issues

May. 26, 2023 at 9:22 pm CDT

Alberta farmers’ concerns with provincial policy, and the two major parties’ stances on those concerns, are the subjects of a three-part analysis leading up to a provincial election on Monday. The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy, a think tank operating out of the University of Calgary’s School of […]

By Jonah Grignon

Acclaimed Manitoba stored grain researcher now Alberta bound

Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:53 pm CST

A leading Canadian researcher and expert in safe storage of grain is headed westbound and up to the head office at another Prairie university. Dr. Digvir Jayas, currently on sabbatical as professor and vice-president (research and international) at the University of Manitoba, will become president and vice-chancellor at the University […]

By Dave Bedard

Farm climate innovation commitments at COP27 double to US$8 billion

Nov. 12, 2022 at 1:30 am CST

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Reuters — An initiative led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates to help agriculture adapt to climate change and reduce emissions through innovation has doubled investment commitments to US$8 billion and extended its reach, it said on Friday. The Agriculture Innovation Mission for […]

By Aidan Lewis

Canada lays out $9.1 billion roadmap to meet 2030 climate targets

Mar. 29, 2022 at 7:54 pm CDT

Reuters — Canada released its first real roadmap to meeting 2030 climate targets on Tuesday, laying out detailed plans and $9.1 billion in new spending to cut planet-warming carbon emissions after years failing to meet its goals. The Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) is the first time Canada has had a […]

By Ismail Shakil Nia Williams

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