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Genesis Fertilizers choose Saskatchewan for site of new plant

Genesis Fertilizers Ltd. Partnership announced it plans to locate its proposed majority farmer-owned 700,000 MT urea fertilizer plant in Belle Plaine, Sask.


FCC’s Top 10 charts to track in 2023

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Economics highlights 10 charts that help make sense of the economic environment for farm operations, agribusinesses and food processors.


CFA launches Engaging and Advancing Women in Agriculture project

The project is funded in part by the Government of Canada under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership’s AgriDiversity Program.
 
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Early-bird pricing for Top Crop Summit extended

Early-bird pricing for Top Crop Summit 2023 has been been extended to Jan. 31! Don’t miss this year’s event, as it returns to Saskatoon’s TCU Place Feb. 22-23, welcoming Canadian farmers, agronomists, consultants and the scientific community to its first in-person event since February 2020. CCA and CCSC credits will be available for each session. For more information and to register visit Top Crop Summit.

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“Immunizing” canola against blackleg

“Immunizing” canola against blackleg

Dilantha Fernando is a professor in the University of Manitoba’s Department of Plant Science and co-author, with Rasanie Padmathilake, on a new paper that shows prior infection by a less virulent pathogen can successfully “immunize” canola against a highly virulent pathogen. » Learn more...
 
Bringing CRISPR to canola

Bringing CRISPR to canola

Clubroot-resistant cultivars are key to managing this major canola disease. But the pathogen excels at evolving new races, or pathotypes, that can overcome a cultivar’s resistance. So, breeders and the pathogen are locked in a back-and-forth battle as breeders add new resistance genes to canola and the pathogen evolves new pathotypes. » Learn more...
 
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Inputs: The Podcast

Making the most of on-farm canola research

In this episode of Inputs, Sonia Wilson joins co-host Dylan Sjolie to share details about her goals and position within the Manitoba Canola Growers Association, and insights about the trials conducted in 2022. With three different trials in 12 site locations, the association compiled data, now available on their website, to help canola growers in the province make better decisions. » Listen now...
 
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