Hits your field with its own built-in, ready-made, herbicide resistance; guaranteed to grow, just add water
Prairie farmers don’t have to mismanage their chemical control of water hemp. Their American neighbours have already done that. When water hemp seed arrives sequestered in farm equipment imported from the United States, the stowaways are already highly resistant. That means when water hemp seed shows up in a Canadian field, it has already been […] Read more
Precision planting, strip tillage to be studied
Alta. research centre launches project exploring what methods and tools are needed to boost canola yields by 35 percent
A three-year research project will not be reinventing the wheel in its efforts to help southern Alberta farmers find ways to meet the rising demand for canola, says an expert. “It’s a really great example of what I consider adaptive research,” said Ken Coles, executive director of Farming Smarter. The project involves taking proven technologies […] Read more
Speciality crops find strength in numbers
At first glance, seven important specialty crops seem to have little in common, except a need for more research and development, and access to a bigger pot of money. As Carol Ann Patterson explained, each crop — initially canaryseed, flax, mustard and sunflower — was limited in how much research funding it could get. “With […] Read more
New hemps with CBD strengths reaching farmers on the Prairies
This spring Canadian growers will have access to feminized hemp varieties with high cannabidiol, CBD, levels. CBD is an active ingredient of cannabis plants and there is an emerging market for the compound that Canadian growers have struggled to tap into. The cultivar, called CBF1, is the first feminized hemp hybrid to be approved by […] Read more
Many actives make for fewer weeds
Corteva Agriscience launched a herbicide that uses multiple modes of action to take out broadleaf weeds in wheat and barley. The new herbicide called Exhilarate combines Paradigm, which is a formulation of Arylex, Group 4 and Florasulam, Group 2, and MCPA Ester that is also a Group 4. “We actually have a combination of a […] Read more
Alta. researchers put fertigation to the test
Subsurface drip fertigation is being studied in the lab after two years of field experiments on durum and pinto bean crops
Subsurface drip irrigation systems have been installed on about 2,700 acres in Alberta, and research is underway into fertilizer application through subsurface drip systems. Rezvan Karimi Dehkordi, research associate in the irrigation science department at Lethbridge College, has completed two years of in-field experiments on durum and pinto beans conducted near Lomond, Alta. Now she […] Read more
Investors focus on oat milk
A plan to develop oat milk grown and made in Saskatchewan is taking shape following an investment from Protein Industries Canada and partnerships among farmers, processors and marketers. The investment was announced last fall and Tom Benson from Benson Farms at Raymore, Sask., said the partners are in the early stages of proving out the […] Read more
Deregulation of hemp production is long overdue
It is madness, not reefer madness, to keep hemp on the Canadian list of restricted crops. Low THC hemp is often referred to as a form of marijuana, with all the gravity that giggling about it will allow. But for Canadian farmers, the restriction is no laughing matter. It’s a restriction on a potential crop. […] Read more
International hemp organizations want crop deregulated
Hemp growers in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe are tired of the stringent and complex regulations around industrial hemp. Collectively, they are calling for a consistent and global system for the production and sale of hemp. In simple terms, they want governments to treat it like an agricultural crop. “The global consensus is clear. […] Read more
International hemp groups want crop deregulated
Hemp growers in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe are tired of the stringent and complex regulations around industrial hemp. Collectively, they are calling for a consistent and global system for the production and sale of hemp. In simple terms, they want governments to treat it like an agricultural crop. “The global consensus is clear. […] Read more
