
Features

Cleaning to prevent clubroot
Clubroot can spread from farm to farm, or come in from other sources

Intensify production by regulating growth
Plant growth regulators can give you higher yields, with lower crop height
Perverse incentives in the system
Speakers at the Grain Handling and Transportation Summit discussed incentives, regulations and grain transportation system bottlenecks

The bean genome
Researchers have puzzled out the genomes of crops such as soybeans. Now they’re turning their attention to the common bean

Working for a greener revolution
Scientists are looking at novel ways to maintain yields with drastic cuts in nitrogen application
Ochap Farms has best year yet
Ochapowace First Nations’ Ochap Farms Ltd. is investing in people and building a farm in southeast Saskatchewan

Do-it-yourself tile drainage
Combine easy-to-use GPS technology with high land prices, and more Manitoba farmers are installing their own tile draining

Harvest in Victoria, Australia
While Canadian Prairie farmers were out in the cold, shovelling snow, Kim Neilsen has been running his combine Down Under

The certified seed hype
There’s a lot of hype around farmers using certified seed. Some agronomists believe it’s well worth the extra cost

Is soil compaction affecting your yield potential?
If farmers want to continue to increase yields, they may need to pay more attention to the condition of the soil, says an agronomist