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Farming Smarter: Plot Shots 5 – Growing Quinoa – July 8

Guest Author August 26, 2019

Farming Smarter General Manager Ken Coles talks about the benefits and challenges of growing quinoa.

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Farming Smarter: Plot Shots 4 — July 2

Guest Author August 21, 2019

Farming Smarter Research Manager Mike Gretzinger gives an overview of their hemp seeding rate and seeding…

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Farming Smarter: Plot Shots 3 – June 24

Guest Author August 8, 2019

Farming Smarter General Manager Ken Coles talks about Canola establishment in this Plot Shots episode.  Coles…

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Farming Smarter: Week One 01 – April 2019

Guest Author August 3, 2019

Farming Smarter Research Coordinator Mike Gretzinger breaks down how they planned all of their research plots…

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Farming Smarter: Plot Shots 2 June 17

Guest Author July 26, 2019

This week Farming Smarter is covering how they fit novel crops into a normal crop rotation…

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Farming Smarter: Increasing durum yields

Guest Author July 26, 2019

Farming Smarter General Manager Ken Coles talks about how they are trying to increase their durum…

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Farming Smarter: A Hail of a Story – crop recovery after hail

Guest Author June 30, 2019

Farming Smarter General Manager Ken Coles share results from hail recovery research. Alberta has a special…

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Farming Smarter: Farming for healthy soils

Guest Author April 30, 2019

Dr. Dwayne Beck with the Dakota Lakes Research Farm on regenerative agriculture and the benefits they…

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Farming Smarter: On-farm research help for crop production

Guest Author April 28, 2019

Lewis Baarda leads Farming Smarter's Field Tested program that enables crop producers to access scientifically rigorous…

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Farming Smarter: Calling across the divide: Connecting with non-farm audiences

Guest Author April 22, 2019

University of Florida’s Kevin Folta shares his experiences and offers ways farmers can engage with producers…

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Farming Smarter: Some, but not all bugs are bad. Wireworm, cereal leaf beetle and beneficial insects.

RRC Staff April 11, 2019

Haley Catton shares her research on wireworms, cereal leaf beetles and T. Julius wasps at Farming…

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Farming Smarter: Cutworms and Carnage: Identify and Deal With Cutworms on Your Farm

RRC Staff March 29, 2019

Dr. Kevin Floate talks about cutworms in Alberta He talks about the types of cutworms in…

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Farming Smarter: Crop rotation to mitigate crop disease

Guest Author March 23, 2019

Crop rotation can reduce disease and pests by limiting the time host plants grow in a…

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Farming Smarter: Precision planter experiments on diverse crop types

Guest Author March 16, 2019

Ken Coles, General Manager of Farming Smarter, talks about precision planters, strip till experiments, nutrient stratification,…

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Farming Smarter: Closing the wheat yield gap through agronomy

Guest Author February 17, 2019

Dr. Brian Beres talks about closing the yield gap in various wheat varieties at Farming Smarter's…

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Farming Smarter: Plant Growth Regulators – WheatStalk 2018

Guest Author January 26, 2019

Sheri Strydhorst talks of her love of plant growth regulators and the war with MRL's.

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Farming Smarter: Selective Spraying With WEEDit – WheatStalk 2018

Guest Author January 14, 2019

Travis Albrecht joins Farming Smarter once again with his WEEDit technology. WEEDit is an infrared sprayer…

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Farming Smarter:Water Quality and Livestock – Medicine Hat Field Day

Guest Author December 30, 2018

Joe Harrington discusses water quality, how sulfates and blue-green algae affect livestock, and the Canadian Agriculture…

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Farming Smarter: Off Stream Watering Systems – Medicine Hat Field Day

Guest Author December 28, 2018

Laciee Shock discusses solo watering units, which she claims is easier to set up than a…

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Farming Smarter: World Record attempt at hand threshing wheat

Guest Author December 23, 2018

A demonstration of how to hand thresh wheat by Jamie Puchinger and Toby Mandel for the…

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