Farmer Panel

Farm show season

The canola community offers many opportunities for face-to-face learning through canoLAB, canolaPALOOZA and big joint productions like FarmTech in Edmonton, CropSphere in Saskatoon and CropConnect in Winnipeg. These panelists talk about why they attended specific events and what they learned.

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Agronomist Abroad

Over and over and over again

Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom has grown continuous wheat for 173 years, providing insight into disease suppression, soil pH and much more. It also studies oilseed rape, looking at rotation and pest management and an insect we don’t want – melegethes pollen beetle.

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The Editor's Desk

Lake Effect

I swam in Chain Lakes this past summer for the first time since I was nine. The Chain Lakes I know is a string of three tiny lakes in Southwest Manitoba, just off Highway 21 between Hartney and Deloraine. My family’s farm – the place I grew up and where my brother and his family...
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