Robert Arnason

Robert Arnason

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Robert Arnason is a reporter with The Western Producer and Glacier Farm Media. Since 2008, he has authored nearly 5,000 articles on anything and everything related to Canadian agriculture. He didn’t grow up on a farm, but Robert spent hundreds of days on his uncle’s cattle and grain farm in Manitoba. Robert started his journalism career in Winnipeg as a freelancer, then worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Nipawin, Saskatchewan and Fernie, BC. Robert has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in LSJF – Long Suffering Jets’ Fan.

Stories by Robert Arnason

Bill Biligetu, forage crop breeder at the University of Saskatchewan, studies the purple flowers found in the alfalfa plots at Ag in Motion, a farm show held July 15-17 near Langham, Sask.
Crop Management, News

Research focuses on drought tolerant alfalfa

Yellow flowers could help scientists breed new varieties that cope with dry conditions

Exotic alfalfa varieties that produce white, blue, cream and yellow flowers are being looked at by plant breeders to improve the crop’s drought tolerance.
Four containers of honey - only one of which is actually a product of Canada - sit on a white tablecloth.
News

Solution offered for crackdown on fake honey

A new corporate partnership could make testing for fraudelent product more available in Canada and the United States

U.S. and Canadian beekeepers producing genuine honey need someone or some organization to test and detect fake honey to keep it out of the domestic market.
oreign workers. | File photo
News

Immigration perceptions hit agri-businesses

Sectors such as meat packing feel the impact as feds take steps to reduce population growth amid public opposition toimmigration

Last year Ottawa began constraining the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada. In August 2024, the government capped the percentage of those workers at 10 per cent.
Crucifer flea beetles on the leaves of a canola plant.
News

Flea beetle research flowers at AIM farm show

An Agriculture Canada entomologist is experimenting with trap crops and marigolds at an Ag in Motion demonstration cropplot

An Agriculture Canada entomologist is experimenting with trap crops and marigolds at an Ag in Motion demonstration cropplot
FCC Root. Photo: Screen capture from www.fcc-fac.ca
News

Artificial intelligence put to work on extension

Farm Credit Canada, Results Driven Agriculture Research unveil AI tool designed to produce ‘timely advice’ for farmers

Farm Credit Canada and Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) have unveiled a generative artificial intelligence tool called Root
Red Lentils, west of Rosetown, Sask, Sept. 8, 2016.
news-opinion

French TV show focuses on desiccants

The program, which covers environmental issues, will be in Saskatchewan looking at how farmers produce pulse crops

Crew from a French TV show that focuses on environmental issues will be in Saskatchewan this summer taking video offarmers spraying desiccants on pulse crops as part of an upcoming episode looking at the pros and cons of using desiccants.
canola plant with steel bins in background
News

New canola hybrid could expand U.S. acreage

Company hopes new hybrid will push the oilseed into drier parts of North America, such Montana, South Dakota and Kansas

BASF’s new canola hybrid is more tolerant of high temperatures at flowering and reaches and blooms about five to seven daysearlier than most hybrids on the market, which could help it avoid the summer heat.
The head of ripe durum plant.
Crop Management

Ergot resistant durum at Ag In Motion

One of dozens of new varieties featured in crop plots at the farm show

To reduce the odds of ergot contamination, Agriculture Canada breeders have developed AAC Frontier, the first Canadian durum variety with resistance to ergot.

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