Maritime AgCast: Episode 14: Beef Cattle Disease Management
Brad McCallum, ACMA, chats with Dr. Wilma Schenkels, Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, and Jonathan Wort…
Research
Farming Smarter: Dryland Corn Agronomy
Farming Smarter studied dryland grain corn agronomy related to row spacing, seeding rates, nitrogen rates &…
Farming Smarter: Southern Alberta crop diseases and how to manage them
Exploring southern Alberta crop diseases with Mike Harding, Research Scientist in Plant Pathology Program at Crop…
Farming Smarter: Forage mixtures for animal health
Grant Lastiwka shares thoughts about forage stands, forage mixtures, management, and the forage trials taking place…
The Growing Point Podcast: Closing Yield Gaps in Western Canada – A discussion with Dr. Brian Beres (AAFC)
In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Brian Beres regarding his current research on closing yield…
Farming Smarter: Catch a spore in a Sporenado
Lewis Baarda talks about Farming Smarter's Sporenado research project at the July 23, 2020 Plot Hop.…
The Growing Point Podcast: Bacterial disease in Western Canada – A discussion with Dr. Michael Harding (Pathologist with Alberta Agriculture & Forestry)
In this episode of The Growing Point Podcast, we chat with Dr. Michael Harding (Pathologist with…
BCRC: Hooves not Harrows – Harnessing Cow Power to Rejuvenate Forages
Arron Nerbas with Nerbas Brothers Angus explains how they take a “hooves not harrows” approach to…
Maritime AgCast: BCRC Decision-Making Tools Part II: Introduction to Record Keeping & Benchmarking
Host Brad McCallum, Agri-Commodity Management Association (ACMA), chats with Ellen Crane of the Beef Cattle Research…
Farming Smarter: Regional silage trial in southern Alberta
Mike Gretzinger shares the information coming out of Alberta regional silage trials in southern Alberta. Farming…
Farming Smarter: Disease Diagnostics – Fusarium
Randy Kutcher takes the discussion out to the fields to talk about fusarium in crops. Farming…
Farming Smarter: Plot Hop – Crop Agronomy and Nutirents
Brian Beres, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, shares some of the learning from research trials at the…
BCRC: Why a Cost of Production Network?
Producers use cost of production data to benchmark and evaluate their own farm’s performance over time,…
Farming Smarter: Wheat Breeding & Varieties
Rob Graf covers the growth of different varieties of wheat. Spring wheat and winter wheat are…
Farming Smarter: Aster Yellow in Canola
Chrystel Oliver shares her research on aster yellow phytoplasma in canola crops. This bacteria comes on…
BCRC: Announcing The Beef Researcher Mentorship Program 2020-2021 Participants
The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is pleased to announce the participants in the 2020-21 Beef…
Farming Smarter: Harvest Time Trial Begins Plot Shots Aug. 21, 2020
Trevor Deering talks about a current project that is about and a new farm trial that…
Farming Smarter: Cypress Field School – Canola Establishment
Autumn Barnes of the Canadian Canola Council talks about seeding rates, emergence and plant stands and…
Farming Smarter: Evaluating the ROI for new tech on the farm
Gary Pike, Pike Management Group, talks about biological treatment technology available for farm applications. He offers…
