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May 31, 2026

Farming Smarter

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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: 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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Farming Smarter: Root Rot in Pulse Crops – Medicine Hat Field Day

Guest Author December 10, 2018

Dr. Syama Chatterton on pulse crop diseases and spore sampling. Specifically, Chatterton discusses her D-List and…

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Farming Smarter: Should you apply Peat or Granular? — Medicine Hat Field Day

Guest Author November 26, 2018

Nevin Rosaasen talks pulse inoculants, the differences between Peat and Granular applications and what pathogens may…

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Farming Smarter: Blackleg in Canola – Medicine Hat Field Day

Guest Author November 16, 2018

With the recent increase of cases of Blackleg in Canola, Farming Smarter’s Justine Cornelsen traces the…

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Let’s Break It Down: Soil Structure, Water Infiltration and Nutrients

Guest Author October 11, 2018

Farming Smarter: Dr. Tamils Zavala on soil health and management in our fields in particular soil…

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Farming Smarter: Weed It: A Selective Sprayer

Guest Author September 25, 2018

Travis Albrecht of Albrecht Green Acres talks about the newest sprayer across Prairie Canada. Weed It…

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Farming Smarter: What Makes Soil Healthy?

Craig Lester September 18, 2018

Norm Flore discusses the mystery that follows soil testing and nutrition at Medicine Hat Field Day.

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Farming Smarter: Precision Planting Canola

Craig Lester September 6, 2018

Lewis Baarda talks about the advantages of precision planting canola. He divulged how depth and seed…

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Farming Smarter: Grain Corn and Strip Tillage

Craig Lester August 22, 2018

Mike Gretzinger discusses Farming Smarter's dryland grain corn trials, and related projects involving strip tillage and…

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WheatStalk: Wireworms and beneficial bugs

Craig Lester October 10, 2017

AAFC - Lethbridge Entomologist Dr. Haley Catton talks about how they are researching new ways to…

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