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Developing climate smart practices on the farm
A new carbon reduction program will encourage research scientists and farmers to work together on applied projects. Agricultural Climate Solutions promotes the establishment of regional collaboration ...
Mar 19, 2021
Listen: Demand remains high for barley and canola
Ending stocks for Canadian canola and barley will be very low heading into the 2021-2022 crop year.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access gets the details from MarketsFarm analyst Mike Jubinville.alice.mcfarl...
Mar 19, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Friday March 19, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - An international team has successfully completed decoding the genome of rye.Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and IPK Leibniz Institute in Germany accomplished the...
Mar 19, 2021
Accelerating the adoption of climate-smart best practices in agriculture
MELFORT, SASK.--Researchers will be working directly with farmers to identify and implement on-farm management practices that will cut carbon pollution and support biodiversity.The new Agricultural Cl...
Mar 18, 2021
Rare disease linked to bats discovered in Alberta
EDMONTON, Alta.- The "Germ Hunters" team through the Alberta Government has discovered a rare pulmonary disease that is linked to bats.Infectious disease experts at Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL...
Mar 18, 2021
Lethbridge College launches aquaponics training for all
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Sustainable food production is more accessible than ever in Lethbridge, as aquaponics grows in popularity. The expert scientists in Lethbridge College's Aquaculture Centre of Excelle...
Mar 18, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday March 18, 2021
Alberta's agriculture commodity and producer groups are asking the Alberta government to accept proposed changes to AgriStability.Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau along with Mani...
Mar 18, 2021
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday March 17, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. - The Agriculture Carbon Alliance (ACA) has added new members as the agriculture sector stands together and works collaboratively on environment issues.The Canadian Forage and Grassland...
Mar 17, 2021
Feds want a decision soon on changes to Agristability from the prairie provinces
MELFORT, Sask. - Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers will meet again to try and come to some agreement about proposed changes to AgriStability.Agriculture and Agri-Food minister Marie-Claud...
Mar 17, 2021
Conditions less than optimal heading into spring seeding in Cypress County
DUNMORE, AB. - Other than the major snow storm in the first week of November, it's been a fairly open winter across Cypress County, and as spring seeding gets closer, the lack of surface moisture is a...
Mar 17, 2021