The Government of Canada will provide support to Farm Credit Canada to allow for an additional $5 billion in lending capacity to producers, agribusinesses and food processors.» Read more...
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has provided resources for financial and crop production planning, several of which include multiple years of data to put outlying years – like 2019 – in context.» Read more...
In this first episode of a six-part series featuring exclusive content from the Plant Health Summit, Jeff Schoenau discusses fertilization as a means of improving crop quality, and how this can beneficially impact human and animal health.» Read more...
Results from a two-year project on some mechanical weeders that are fairly new to the Prairies show that such tools can be a useful addition to the weed control toolbox for narrow-row dry beans. Researchers from the University of Manitoba responded to grower interest in the possibility of growing dry beans with narrower spacing by looking at the weeders’ impacts on soil disturbance, weed control and crop damage.» Learn more
Awareness that bee populations worldwide are under threat from such stresses as disease, habitat loss and pesticides has sparked interest in creating pollinator sanctuaries. So, a 2019 Farming Smarter project in southern Alberta tested a variety of seed mixtures that provide food for pollinators throughout the growing season which are also easy to establish on lower productivity areas of farms.» Learn more