The message from the long-term rotation trials at Ridgetown and Elora? Winter wheat in rotation improves corn and soybean yields. But does the greater revenue coming in during corn and soybean years outweigh reductions from wheat years?» Read More...
AAFC will invest approximately $13 million to enhance the Youth Employment and Skills Program and help support approximately 1,200 jobs for youth in the sector. The program is now accepting applications. » Read More...
Nominate an outstanding woman in Canadian ag before March 31. Since 2020, we’ve celebrated the achievements of women in Canada’s agriculture industry through the program.» Read More...
AAFC's Xiben Wang is currently leading a project in Manitoba and Saskatchewan to examine soil microbial communities right down to the gene level. The aim is to identify crop rotations that will help Prairie crop growers make the most of the biocontrol agents naturally available in their soils to fight major pathogens. Wang is particularly interested in sources of Fusarium inoculum. » Read more...
How much is too much, or how little is too little? That’s the question faced by canola growers when it comes to adding phosphorus in the starter fertilizer blend. Research has very well documented that high rates of seedrow P can be damaging to germination and emergence in sensitive crops like canola. » Read more...
Looking to spice up or lengthen your rotation? For the past five years, the Diverse Field Crops Cluster has been working to make the decision to include special crops in your operation easier. In this episode of Inputs, Eastern editor Alex Barnard is joined by four members of the cluster to discuss the purpose of DFCC, three of the seven crops included, and what the project has achieved so far. » Listen now...