Farming Smarter: Off Stream Watering Systems – Medicine Hat Field Day
Laciee Shock discusses solo watering units, which she claims is easier to set up than a…
Crops
Farming Smarter: World Record attempt at hand threshing wheat
A demonstration of how to hand thresh wheat by Jamie Puchinger and Toby Mandel for the…
Farming Smarter: Root Rot in Pulse Crops – Medicine Hat Field Day
Dr. Syama Chatterton on pulse crop diseases and spore sampling. Specifically, Chatterton discusses her D-List and…
Farming Smarter: Blackleg in Canola – Medicine Hat Field Day
With the recent increase of cases of Blackleg in Canola, Farming Smarter’s Justine Cornelsen traces the…
Farmers reminded to keep a close eye on canola in the bin
Agronomy Specialist Angela Brackenreed with the Canola Council of Canada on the importance of farmers monitoring…
Mitigating the spread of crop diseases during harvest
As farmers rush to get the harvest done there are a few things to remember to…
Safely storing grain long-term after a wet harvest
What farmers need to remember for long-term safe grain storage when they are taking the crop…
Alberta Crop Commissions and Ag Minister discuss support for farmers amidst tough harvest
Team Alberta and provincial Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier have discussed ensuring government agencies are…
Ag Exchange: Do fertilizer and grain prices make you feel like Chicken Little?
Ag Exchange’s Mike Witkowicz talks about the importance of buying fertilizer this fall and maximizing your…
Let’s Break It Down: Soil Structure, Water Infiltration and Nutrients
Farming Smarter: Dr. Tamils Zavala on soil health and management in our fields in particular soil…
Farming Smarter: Weed It: A Selective Sprayer
Travis Albrecht of Albrecht Green Acres talks about the newest sprayer across Prairie Canada. Weed It…
Farming Smarter: What Makes Soil Healthy?
Norm Flore discusses the mystery that follows soil testing and nutrition at Medicine Hat Field Day.
The case for regulatory modernization
Economists and politicians keep repeating the word competitiveness – and for good reason. For a small,…
Farming Smarter: Precision Planting Canola
Lewis Baarda talks about the advantages of precision planting canola. He divulged how depth and seed…
How to translate your summer field tour terminology into grain marketing best-practices
I recently published a blog that highlighted the value of sharing more than just agronomic best…
Farming Smarter: Grain Corn and Strip Tillage
Mike Gretzinger discusses Farming Smarter's dryland grain corn trials, and related projects involving strip tillage and…
A grain marketing field tour? Sign me up!
The summer season is a time for spraying, holidays, and even some learning opportunities. There are…
AYFR Summer Tour to showcase crop production and pasture management
Young farmers from across Alberta will converge in Rolling Hills on Wednesday for a farm tour,…
BCRC: Planting corn this spring for your cattle to graze later? Here are 10 corn planting tips
It will soon be time to start thinking about next year’s winter feed. If you plan…
AYFR Profile: Travis Willerton
Meet Travis Willerton, fourth generation farmer at Willerton Farms Ltd. Willerton Farms Ltd. currently supports an…