Emerging Trends
The goals of the initiative are to help the young producers gain valuable leadership skills, obtain networking opportunities and gain necessary skills. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farm Management Canada has launched a competition to win an all-expense paid trip to the International Farm Management Congress in Poland in July 2013. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farm Credit Canada has released its Spring 2013 Farmland Values Report based on the second half of 2012 showing an average increase of 10 per cent. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The month of March saw greater than normal amounts of precipitation in certain areas. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Land use conference provides unique networking opportunities. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
One field found to have clubroot disease, through an annual survey of 91 canola field samples in 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
April 1st marks the official launch of the Growing Forward 2 policy framework for Canada's agricultural and agri-food sector. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Increased risk for Red, Souris, Pembina, Assiniboine, Saskatchewan, Qu-Appelle rivers and in Interlake, but still lower than 2011 for all rivers except the Red. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Prospero looks at farming from a new perspective. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A tiny parasitic wasp, Copidosoma bakeri, can mean the difference between a successful harvest and a crop failure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Zebra caterpillar was seen in a few canola and flax fields across the Prairies in 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers and a few growers in Saskatchewan are trialling a new niche oilseed crop for the bird food market. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Clubroot, a slime mould disease, is now a western Canadian problem, with clubroot DNA now present in all three Prairie provinces. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture welcomes several measures unveiled in the 2013 Budget, but have concerns about others. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canada and Manitoba governments have created a new professorship in agriculture risk management and insurance in the Asper School of Business in Manitoba. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Syngenta Canada Inc. recently announced the launch of an interactive and user-centric mobile website – m.syngenta.ca – to the agricultural community in Canada. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Southern Saskatchewan bracing for potential flooding with high spring runoff. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
On Earth Day (April 22, 2013), the FarmOn Foundation wants young farmers to share their stories using social media. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers! 1 comments
Can organic crops be grown efficiently on a large scale in the Canadian prairie environment? Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Many landowners have questions about how much woody biomass they can realistically expect when growing wood fibre as a cash crop. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!