A control structure holds back water at the Morden Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada station in 2016, where a wood chip bioreactor was being tested. Photo: File

Bioreactors in tiled fields could themselves benefit from draining

Bioreactors are meant to filter nitrogen from tile water to help with runoff nutrient loads, but drying them out from time to time might increase their effectiveness

Bioreactors are meant to filter nitrogen from tile water and reduce extra nutrient running off int0 local rivers and lakes, but drying them out from time to time might increase their effectiveness.



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ICE canola weekly outlook: Off lows, but sideways trade likely

Canola futures trended higher during the week ended Oct. 15, with the November contract settling above its 20-day moving average for the first time in nearly a month. Optimism over thawing trade relations with China contributed to the gains, although the lack of any concrete movement to end the stiff tariffs on Canadian canola seed or oil tempered the advances.