Rural Roots Canada
  • News
  • The Podcast Farm
  • Videos
  • Communication – Content Creation Services
  • About Rural Roots Canada
  • Contact Us!
Trending
  • RRC Podcast – S2E5 – AgExpo 2026 and the BASF Growing Home Initiative
  • Alberta Beef Producers Hosting Town Hall on Traceability
  • Prairie Weather This Week – midweek update Feb 26
  • BASF Growing Home initiative putting $160,000 into rural Canada
  • Canada’s beef and pork producers get big boost with market access to Indonesia
Skip to content
March 1, 2026

innovation

  • News

OCIF Invests $2.75 million to Launch AgSphere, A National Hub for Ag Innovation and Tech

Tim Parent December 3, 2025

The OCIF is investing up to $2.75 million over five years to help launch AgSphere, a…

  • News
  • Radio
  • RRC Podcast

Calgary Based Company Developing New Drone Crop Mapping Tech

Craig Lester November 15, 2025

A new tool designed to help users map crops with greater precision is nearing commercial readiness,…

  • News

Research Associations in Alberta to Share $3.2 Million in Ag-Research Funding

Tim Parent June 25, 2025

Twelve applied research associations across Alberta will share $3.2 million in provincial funding aimed at strengthening…

  • Crops
  • News
  • Radio
  • RRC Podcast

New Tool Revolutionizing On-Farm Trials

Craig Lester May 3, 2025

The future of on-farm plot trials lies in digital platforms like DFI, which allow producers to…

  • livestock
  • News
  • Radio
  • RRC Podcast

Innovation on the Farm: Jessica Carlyon Brings Back a Game-Changing Tool

Craig Lester April 27, 2025

Jessica Carlyon builds and sells a slick tool that cuts, pulls and wraps bale string or…

  • News
  • Nuffield
  • Radio
  • RRC Podcast
Nuffield Canada

Nuffield Canada Empowers Life-Changing Journeys

Craig Lester December 26, 2024

Steve Larocque says Nuffield Canada sends agribusiness professionals and farmers around the world to look at…

  • Crops
  • News
grain

Grain Growers Invest Millions in Cereal Grain Innovation Facility

Tim Parent September 18, 2024

The Global Agriculture Technology Exchange Capital Campaign, led by Cereals Canada, has secured $13.4 million for…

  • food
  • News
  • Radio
  • RRC Podcast
Peru

Gardening School Near Lima, Peru Transforms Community

Craig Lester September 14, 2024

A gardening school, with Alberta connections, has changed the fortunes of countless people in Manchay, Peru…

  • Crops
  • Grain
  • News
20/20 Seed Lab

20/20 Seed Labs Celebrates 35 Years of Innovation and Research 

Tim Parent August 4, 2024

In 35 years 20/20 Seed Labs has gone from a small business into a fully accredited…

  • News
  • Radio
  • Research
  • RRC Podcast
  • Tech

From Weed to Crop: Innovator Aims to Build Up Versatile Pennycress

Craig Lester May 27, 2024

An innovator is working to build up Pennycress, a plant that is commonly known as a…

  • Crops
  • News

CrossRoads Crop Conference to Focus on Innovation, Agriculture Policy and On-Farm Management

Craig Lester January 14, 2024

Farmers from across the province will be converging on the CrossRoads Crop Conference at the end…

  • Crops
  • News
  • Tech
indigenous led living lab

Embracing Data-Driven Decision Making for Unbiased Farming

Tim Parent December 20, 2023

Alberta Grains Jeremy Boychyn advocates for data-driven decision-making to remove any biases in farming and empower…

  • News
  • Tech
Agri-Trade

Innovative Spider-Hitch, Ground Truth Ag Win Big at Agri-Trade Equipment Expo

Tim Parent November 11, 2023

Spider-Hitch and Ground Truth Ag took home the Ag Innovations Judges Choice Award and Farmers' Choice…

  • Education
  • livestock
  • News
  • TV

A New Look for Olds College

Tim Parent September 10, 2022

For decades, Olds College has driven innovation in agriculture. But with its 109th birthday on the…

  • Crops
  • Education
  • News
  • Radio
  • RRC Podcast
1-acre challenge

Farm family empower youth with 1-Acre Challenge

Craig Lester June 29, 2021

Eastern Ontario farm family set up 1-Acre Challenge to empower youth to build on their ideas…

  • BCRC
  • cattle
  • livestock
  • Livestock care and welfare
  • News
  • Research

BCRC: Nominations for Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation due May 1st

Beef Research3 March 27, 2020

The Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation is presented by the Beef Cattle…

  • BCRC
  • cattle
  • livestock
  • Livestock care and welfare
  • Research

BCRC: Dr. John Campbell receives 2019 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation

Beef Research August 19, 2019

Dr. John Campbell is the winner of the 2019 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research…

  • AFAC
  • News

AFAC Awards: East Olds Dairy Farmers group takes charge on communications

Brad Brinkworth March 22, 2018

It’s no secret people across agriculture are being asked to play a role in telling their…

  • Beef
  • Business
  • cattle
  • Dairy
  • Event
  • livestock
  • News
  • Poultry
  • Swine
  • Weather

Inaugural Alberta Livestock Expo showcases industry innovation, Oct. 12 in Lethbridge

Craig Lester October 9, 2017

A fresh wave of innovation is fueling a new generation of progress for livestock production sectors…

  • BCRC
  • Beef
  • cattle
  • News
  • Uncategorized

Dr. John McKinnon named inaugural recipient of the Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation

Beef Research January 23, 2016

Saskatoon, SK – A researcher respected nationally and internationally as a leading expert on beef cattle…

Latest from Newsline Powered By Cole's Ag

  • Grain sector warns of information gaps in AAFC research reductions, calls for immediate program impact disclosure
  • Canadian Pork Council and Swine Innovation Porc joint statement on AAFC research facility reductions
  • Canada Grains Council calls for strong action to address innovation-related trade barriers facing Canadian grain exports to the EU
  • Swine Innovation Porc to Host Webinar Examining the Impact of Pork Research in Canada
  • Canada’s Agri-Food Exporters Welcome Pragmatic Engagement with China

Latest from Newsline Powered by Cole's Ag

  • Grain sector warns of information gaps in AAFC research reductions, calls for immediate program impact disclosure
  • Canadian Pork Council and Swine Innovation Porc joint statement on AAFC research facility reductions
  • Canada Grains Council calls for strong action to address innovation-related trade barriers facing Canadian grain exports to the EU
  • Swine Innovation Porc to Host Webinar Examining the Impact of Pork Research in Canada
  • Canada’s Agri-Food Exporters Welcome Pragmatic Engagement with China
© Copyright 2026 - Allrights Reserved. Rural Roots Canada