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Farming Smarter Field School – Precision Planters

Guest Author December 10, 2020

Dwayne Kirchner talks about precision planters at Farming Smarter Field School 2019. More crop growers are…

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Farming Smarter: Precision Planting Pulses

Guest Author December 1, 2020

Ken Coles walks the audience through trials currently taking place at Farming Smarter. Precision planting pulses…

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Farming Smarter: Plot Hop – Sainfoin in Forage Crops

Guest Author November 17, 2020

Dr. Surya Acharya shares his insights from years of studying sainfoin in forage crops. It reduces…

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Farming Smarter: Disease Diagnostics – Fusarium

Guest Author November 8, 2020

Randy Kutcher takes the discussion out to the fields to talk about fusarium in crops. Farming…

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Farming Smarter: High quality grain storage

Guest Author October 21, 2020

Chandra Singh talks about storing high-quality grain to minimize losses. He covers safety, hot spots, and…

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Farming Smarter: Herbicide Trials at Farming Smarter Plot Shots July 6, 2020

Guest Author October 10, 2020

Farming Smarter's Executive Director talks about the work we do as a third party, unbiased research…

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Farming Smarter: Plot Hops – Long Term Rotation

Guest Author October 3, 2020

Dr. Ben Ellert spends some time explaining the benefits of long term crop rotation at our…

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Farming Smarter: Hemp Opportunities

Guest Author September 20, 2020

Ted Haney covers the history of hemp in Canada since 1938. He also mentioned the use…

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Farming Smarter: The Green Rush – New Opportunities in Cannabis

Guest Author August 24, 2020

Dr. Jan Slaski, Innotech Alberta, leads research projects around low THC cannabis agronomy, marketing, and development…

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Farming Smarter: Cypress Field School – Canola Establishment

Guest Author August 23, 2020

Autumn Barnes of the Canadian Canola Council talks about seeding rates, emergence and plant stands and…

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Farming Smarter: Evaluating the ROI for new tech on the farm

Guest Author August 13, 2020

Gary Pike, Pike Management Group, talks about biological treatment technology available for farm applications. He offers…

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Farming Smarter: Do soil tests create value?

Guest Author June 19, 2020

Ken Greer, Western Ag, talks about ways soil testing works and doesn't work for people that…

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Farming Smarter: Herbicide resistance in southern Alberta

Guest Author May 20, 2020

Dr. Charles Geddes studies herbicide resistance conducting research in southern Alberta at the Agriculture & Agri-Food…

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Farming Smarter: Hemp from seed to final product

Guest Author April 12, 2020

Dr. Jan Slaski of Innotech Alberta studies hemp from seed to final product. 2020 will mark…

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Farming Smarter: Fine-tuning cereal disease management

Guest Author April 12, 2020

Kelly Turkington, a pathologist from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Lacombe, highlights the five most significant barley…

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Farming Smarter: Build a biobed to manage rinsate

Guest Author April 9, 2020

Dr. Claudia Sheedy and Farming Smarter want you to build a biobed to manage pesticide rinsates…

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Farming Smarter: Building Blockchain for Ag Business

Guest Author April 4, 2020

Trevor Lewington, Lethbridge Economic Development, and Jefferson Gardner, Certified Blockchain Expert, discuss how technology is and…

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Lethbridge College and Farming Smarter sign MOU

Craig Lester April 4, 2020

Lethbridge College and Farming Smarter have formalized their long-standing partnership with an MOU. The college's Dr.…

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Farming Smarter: Plot Shots: Pollinator Sanctuaries

Guest Author April 1, 2020

A pollinator sanctuary pilot project in 2019 Farming Smarter explored seed mixes that can support natural…

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Farming Smarter: Using crop rotations to control disease

Guest Author March 26, 2020

Dr. Randy Kutcher, University of Saskatchewan, is a plant pathologist currently doing a large, multi-province crop…

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