Science

Investing in a Resilient Canola Future – Mitigating Clubroot Risks in Saskatchewan

Clubroot is a devastating disease and the canola industry has been investing in research of this pathogen for a number of years. SaskCanola’s priority with clubroot is to find ways to prevent the spread in the province. Currently there are relatively few confirmed cases in commercial canola fields and by helping raise grower awareness about...

Business Management

How to Start the Succession Planning Conversation

What does the future hold for your farm? Through 2020, I have had many young farmers reach out looking for tips to get their parents to talk about the plan to pass along the business. Farm family coach Elaine Froese has 14 tips to get the conversation started.

Canola Eat Well

Farmers rally for restaurants

Farmers use video called “Field to table, eat well together” to show support for their restaurant partners during COVID-19 shut-downs.

The canola industry currently contributes over $26 billion annually to Canada’s economy, and faces evolving threats to yield and concerns from major export markets due to blackleg and verticillium stripe. Blackleg remains a serious disease of canola and can cause significant yield losses, especially in susceptible varieties. In Western Canada,yield losses as high as 50...

The Editor's Desk

Disruption distraction

Online shopping disrupted the economics of bricks and mortar stores. Uber disrupted the taxi business. We had a neighbour who used to sell the World Book encyclopedia. She doesn’t do that anymore because Google and Wikipedia disrupted – actually killed – the reference books business. Inspired by a tech presentation at the Bayer Agronomy Summit,...