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2016 Peace River region canola survey Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada staff, based at Beaverlodge, Alta., and Saskatoon, recently completed the 2016 Annual Peace Canola Survey. >> Read full article
Business owners’ guide to stress With so many potential challenges (many of which are out of your control), it is important to identify practical ways of coping with stress. >> Read full article
Canada and China negotiating over canola dispute China is preparing to enact a rule as of Sept. 1 that would require the amount of extraneous plant material in canola-seed exports to make up less than one per cent of each shipment. >> Read full article
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Research aims to help Canadian flax farmers A University of British Columbia professor’s flax research could one day help Canadian farmers grow a car fender. In a recent study, Michael Deyholos identified the genes responsible for the bane of many Canadian flax farmers’ existence: the fibres in the plant's stem. “These findings have allowed us to zero in the genetic profile of the toughest part of this plant and may one day help us engineer some of that toughness out,” Deyholos says. “With further research, we might one day be able to help farmers make money off a waste material.” >> Learn More…
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Canadian Plowing Championships Aug. 24-27, 2016 Location: Anderson Links Golf Club, 4175 Anderson Road, Ottawa >> More Info
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show Sept. 13-15, 2016 Location: Woodstock, Ont. >> More Info
Agricultural Bioscience International Conference 2016 Sept. 18-21, 2016 Location: Fargo, N.D. >> More Info