Originally published on July 14, 2024, on SeedWorld By SeedWorld Staff The John Innes Centre in Norwich, United Kingdom published study results detailing complex immune receptors. Mosses, liverworts, ferns, and algae may offer a new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease according to a news release detailing
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Originally published on June 2, 2024, on Alberta Farm Express By Miranda Leybourne Glacier FarmMedia – Water cleanliness should be a top priority for producers when considering water quality for spray operations, according to Manitoba provincial weeds specialist Kim Brown. Water contaminants can tie up active ingredients in herbicides, rendering them ineffective. “If you’ve got dirty water,
Originally published on June 4, 2024, on Alberta Farm Express By Glen Hallick Marketsfarm Glacier FarmMedia—As production of Australian chickpeas and lentils are set to increase in 2024/25, that could mean another year of strong competition globally for Canada. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences released its monthly supply and demand
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Originally published on June 3, 2024 on Alberta Farm Express By Jeff Melchior Glacier FarmMedia – Prairie farmers have a new tool to weigh their risk of fusarium head blight. The digital mapping tool is designed to give area-specific insights into the fungal disease. Cereal producers can get a localized head blight index and risk level
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Originally published on June 17, 2024 on Farmtario By Stew Slater The emphasis given to production and health characteristics will change in a proposed new Lifetime Performance Index (LPI) for Canadian dairy cows – with new weighting for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing “milkability”. Brian Van Doormaal, chief services officer for Lactanet, the genetic
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Originally published on June 26, 2024 on Manitoba Co-operator By John Greig Livestock farmers Jenny Butcher and Wes Kuntz were facing the costly prospect of rebuilding fences. The task was necessary in a pasture they rent, but the rental rate would be higher if the owner had to do the work. The couple found a
Originally published on June 27, 2024, on Farmtario By Alfons Weerlink and Roy Ahiati The 2024 cropping year is well underway. Projecting future yields can help in planning decisions ranging from fertilizer needs to forward contracting levels. This article looks at trends in the average in Ontario crop yields and the variability in those trends
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Originally published on June 21, 2024 on Farmtario By John Greig The 51st Ontario Pork Congress, and the second since a two-year COVID break, returned to Stratford, Ont. June 19 and 20. Hog farm numbers continue to decline, while hogs produced in Ontario grow. Farmers are gradually converting their barns to group sow housing, or are building
Originally published on June 28, 2024 on RealAgriculture By Bernard Tobin The beast is back! Ontario’s winter wheat crop has high yield potential but there are also high levels of yield robbing fusarium in fields in some regions of the province. Real Agriculture agronomist Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson says it’s not as bad as 1996
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Originally published on February 29, 2024 on Spudsmart by Chad Hutchinson I had a conversation some weeks ago that has really stuck with me. The conversation was with Joy Youwakim, an agroecology scientist at Biome Makers. Specializing in DNA sequencing of the microorganisms in agricultural soil, Biome Makers provides analysis and tools for validating farm
