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The Alberta Wheat Commission announces 2023 executive team

The 2023 executive team is familiar to Alberta wheat farmers, as the three appointed members worked together on the previous year’s executive team. The board of directors supported the continuity of the executive team during the ongoing and future efforts related to the amalgamation of the AWC and Alberta Barley.


FMC welcomes online reviews for crop protection products

Whether the review is great, good, or poor, customers will be able to use grower reviews to judge for themselves which FMC products fit best in their situation.


Canadian Grain Commission’s Science Strategy responds to needs of grain sector

The Canadian Grain Commission’s new Science Strategy is now available, which lays out a vision for the future of science and research at the commission and positions it to respond to the latest trends and developments in the grain sector.
 
 
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FMC Agricultural Solutions

Focus® Herbicide – A Complete Solution

Listen to FMC Product Manager Jordan Brisebois talk about the importance of Focus® herbicide in lentils and wheat. As a complete solution, Focus® herbicide gives lentils and spring wheat growers powerful grassy and broadleaf weed control from dual modes of action. It can be applied at pre-seed, pre-emergence or in the fall for powerful, extended activity on both grassy and broadleaf weeds. Group 14 and 15 modes of action provide enhanced burnoff and extended control of a wide weed spectrum and an all-in-one resistance management tool.

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The side effects of wet/dry cycles

The side effects of wet/dry cycles

Salinity problems always follow wet dry cycles. It isn’t like salinity is here and then gone – it ebbs and flows. Salinity isn’t a salt problem. It is a water problem. If trying to manage salinity, water flow in the soil needs to be managed, and that is impacted by the level of the water table. » Learn more...
 
Cereal seed treatments

Cereal seed treatments: the nano generation

Research led by research scientist John Laurie is currently developing the technology to target smuts and bunts in cereals. That targeted control could reduce the need for broad-spectrum fungicidal seed treatments in Prairie cereal crops. And a move away from these fungicides could improve soil health and pave the way for using beneficial fungal inoculants. » Learn more...
 
 
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What is Polysulphate®?

What is Polysulphate®?

Polysulphate® is a naturally occurring mineral fertilizer mined exclusively by ICL. Deposited in the earth 260 million years ago, each Polysulphate granule contains sulfur, potassium, calcium and magnesium – four of the six essential macro-nutrients required for optimal plant growth. Today, ICL mines Polysulphate from one location in the world, approximately 1,100 to 1,400 metres deep underneath the North Sea along the coast of the United Kingdom » Learn more...
Inputs: The Podcast

The buzz on the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network

In this episode of Inputs, Meghan Vankosky, an agricultural entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Saskatoon Research and Development Centre and co-chair of the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network (PPMN) discusses the PPMN – what it is, how it came to be and what insects it mainly monitors. » Listen now...
 
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