Dry conditions across Ontario have amplified moisture stress, nutrient deficiency symptoms, insect feed and disease symptoms in soybeans, according to OMAFRA's latest field crop report. » Read more...
If you could tell a consumer one thing, what would it be? Farm Management Canada's Y We Farm video competition is asking young farmers to answer this question in a one-minute video to win a trip to the upcoming Agricultural Excellence Conference in Winnipeg. » Read more...
Lawrence MacAulay announced an investment of up to $6.3 million in funding to the Western Grains Foundation for a five-year Integrated Crop Agronomy cluster that will focus on agronomy research into multi-crop and integrated crop production.» Read more...
The impacts of clubroot on canola cultivars are usually pretty obvious, but less is known about the pathogen itself. A team of researchers, mostly from Western Canada, are generating insights that will lay a base for future advances in clubroot management. » Read more
Green seed in canola is a downgrading factor that causes more than $150 million in losses annually. Researchers at the University of Calgary hope to help reduce those losses with the identification of a gene that helps the de-greening process.» Read more