What’s New in Weed Control Research?
By Tom Wolf If you want to know more about the future of weed management, it’s sometimes instructive to look at scientific weed science society annual meetings. Most relevant to Canada are two societies: the Canadian Weed Science Society (CWSS), covering all of Canada, and the North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS), covering the midwestern U.S. and Canada. These societies…
Proactive Management on the Farm
By Becky Zimmer The fact that farming comes with risk is an obvious understatement, especially as farms continue to grow in size. The total number of farms in Canada has gone from 246,923 in 2001 to 189,874 in 2021, a reduction of over 57,000 farms in 20 years, according to Statistics Canada. In the same data set, the only individual…
A Clear Road Map – and Beyond
By Nerissa McNaughton Over this series, you met Derryn Shrosbree, the man behind the mission to ensure farming families never have to endure the heartache he did when a lack of continuity planning tore him and his siblings apart. You learned manageable, actionable steps to secure your legacy now, and ways to ensure the family farm produced generational wealth, even…
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Building An Integrated Weed Management (IWM) Strategy
It seems that effective weed control grows more complex with each passing…
Grain Handling and Storage: What to Know
By Lisa Kopochinski The importance of grain quality and the impact it…
Building a Farm from the Ground Up
By Angela Lovell Building a successful farm doesn’t always require following the…
Intercropping Warrants More Research
This year, I experimented with a quarter section of chickpea/flax intercrop. Unfortunately,…
Alberta Farm Reaps the Many Benefits of Pulses
By Angela Lovell Nobody has to sell Shane and Sheri Strydhorst on…
Southern Alberta Land Values
By Lisa KopochinskiCultivated farmland across the country rose by more than five…
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Farmer Innovations Drive Problem Solving at Thunderstruck
By Becky Zimmer When problems arise on the farm, there is no one more motivated to solve the issue and get back in the field than a farmer. As a…
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