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Selling into sustainability supply chains

Science Edition 2018—

Customers are asking for sustainably-produced food, so some food companies are sourcing some ingredients from producers who follow sustainable production practices.

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Strong genetics key to sustainability

Science Edition 2018—

Genetics will drive a large share of the yield gains needed to get to 52 bu./ac. Genetic traits also reduce pesticide use, increase crop tolerance to disease and improve harvest management – all enhancing the sustainability of canola.

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Herbicide-tolerant canola lowers herbicide use, tillage

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One of the greatest challenges in growing canola is competition from weeds. As Brookes and Barfoot reported in 2017, herbicide-tolerant canola varieties have allowed farmers in Canada to reduce the amount of herbicide they use by 20 per cent since 1996.

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A Saskatchewan soil sustainability story

Science Edition 2018—The Canadian Prairies in the 1980s was a dry and windy place to be. Farmers, government and researchers all recognized the critical importance of protecting the most valuable resource required for growing crops. In 1987, the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association (SSCA) was established to encourage soil conservation. The Save Our Soils program was initiated to...

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2017-18 Alberta Canola Research Numbers

Science Edition 2018—Over the past decades, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), the largest government funder of crop research, has provided funding in five-year blocks. This has driven much of the research funding in canola to revolve around this timeframe and it was one of the main reasons the research allocation made by Alberta Canola was larger this...