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Forage rejuvenation pays off

Forage rejuvenation pays off

Yield data gathered by Statistics Canada have shown declines in forage yields while cash crop yields are rising.
Switching tracks

Switching tracks

A new strategic plan says the old scientific priorities are no longer sufficient.
Improving the internal combustion engine

Improving the internal combustion engine

Internal combustion engineers, chemists and scientists are planning to squeeze another century out of the machines.
Growers running out of kochia options

Growers running out of kochia options

Preliminary results from Saskatchewan indicate the weed may now have developed resistance to Group 14 herbicides.
Biochar helps cut manure emissions

Biochar helps cut manure emissions

Substance could also potentially reduce odours from manure.
Straight cutting linked to canola disease spread

Straight cutting linked to canola disease spread

Verticillium longisporum infects canola and produces tiny, pepper-like sclerotia in or on the stem of the plant.
Ag Canada research shifts away from production

Ag Canada research shifts away from production

Strategy shifts toward the sustainable agriculture.
Clubroot has been confirmed in 82 commercial fields

Clubroot has been confirmed in 82 commercial fields

Clubroot pathogen detected in four new commercial crops.
Opinion: Sustainable agriculture strategy needs farm input

Opinion: Sustainable agriculture strategy needs farm input

Prairie farmers are credited with switching to conservation seeding techniques and reducing summerfallow.
Enhanced fertilizer can cut emissions

Enhanced fertilizer can cut emissions

Enhanced efficiency products work, but few farmers are using them because they can’t find a way to make them pay.
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