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The building block of soil
Soil scientists are putting more focus on the value of organic matter for feeding important microbes and boosting moisture-managing capacity

Winter wheat varieties available or in the pipeline
These four varieties should make winter wheat more attractive to both farmers and customers

Where are investments in Canadian agricultural research headed?
2018 has been a great year with agriculture attracting acclaim as an economic powerhouse in Canada. But is there enough money in research to score on the opportunity?

Crowd research
Is this crowdfunded program a sign of the way farmers will have to go to get the research that governments are slow to pay for?

If you can’t beat ’em, clip ’em
New methods of mechanical weed control show promise, but don’t expect a yield increase the first year

Animal science professor Red Williams, 93

Plant Breeders Rights not so simple
New regulations give PBR regs more teeth, but breeders still want you to follow the law out of self-interest, not fear

Step two
After you survive the startup, it takes a whole different set of skills to keep a value-add business growing

Growing quality oats
Recommendations for oat agronomy from the new POGA Oat Growers Manual and research across Western Canada

Cloud farming
The power of deep learning will unlock much of agriculture’s future, thanks to enormous potential of ‘The Cloud’
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