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Canola Council of Canada unveils nutrient stewardship program

The new program will reimburse growers for up to 85 per cent of eligible costs, up to $12,000 per farm per year.


IWCA series: Valerie Carney

Carney discusses her defining moment, work-life balances and the biggest challenges women still face in agriculture.


Crop report: Harvest underway across Prairies

Recent rain in Saskatchewan is also unlikely to affect crops in the driest areas of the province.
 
 
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Fine-tuning flax agronomy

Fine-tuning flax agronomy

Flax is a very important crop in Western Canada – but one that some say isn’t given enough agronomic attention. Generally, flax is lower in productivity than other crops like canola. But farmers plant flax because it is grown with fewer inputs, and the benefits from the inputs is fairly high compared to canola. If yield can be boosted even a little, that could help many producers. Now, new research from the University of Saskatchewan offers insight into how producers can calculate optimal practices for flax. » Learn more...
 
Strengthening biovigilance

Strengthening biovigilance

Biovigilance is a relatively new term. It refers to a comprehensive continuum that includes finding and identifying pest problems, assessing and understanding those problems, developing possible solutions, implementing the solutions and then evaluating those solutions. The Prairie Biovigilance Network (PBN) enhances co-operation among researchers and others active in pest management – including producers – to increase their abilities to fight weed, insect and disease pests in western Canadian crops. » Learn more...
 
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