News RSS News RSS Feed <![CDATA[Raising the bar for sustainable farming practices in South America]]> An Argentine company farms several crops on a massive scale, but doesn't neglect its most important captial resource — the soil

]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Triticale making a comeback]]> The durum-rye cross is showing new potential, and not just for the value of its grain

]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Don't let the markets dictate your rotation]]> Converting to zero till requires some new equipment and some new thinking

]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Former Greenpeace head favours politics of negotiation to the politics of confrontation]]> Patrick Moores says mong the key issues he says is a need to further develop the renewable energy industry; the need to control world population growth; the need to control urban sprawl over good agricultural land and a need to reduce world poverty, disease and malnutrition.

]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[New herbicide products coming]]> University of Saskatchewan researcher Ken Sapsford says assume any kochia is Group 2-resistant

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Growers wait for CWB decision on single desk]]> As Canadian Wheat Board directors and government officials continue to discuss the single-desk system, barley growers across the Prairies wonder what the outlook is for this season.

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Crop biotech just hitting its stride]]> If Canadian farmers think biotechnology has already gone a long way to improve crop production and efficiency, a lead researcher with Monsanto recommends that they hold onto their hats.

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[New research approach looks at phosphorous]]> A new process for evaluating crop production techniques may be as important as the research results from the field pea trial where it was put to the test.

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Communications key on family-run farm]]> A central Alberta producer sees "clear advantages" in family members working co-operatively and farming together as sole proprietors who share equipment and manpower. But you have to have open and honest communications with each other to make it work, he says.

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Polish canola making a comeback at Beaverlodge ]]> Work is underway in Saskatchewan and Alberta to boost the use of Polish canola, with several new hybrid and synthetic varieties scheduled to come on line by 2009.

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Carbon offset market a reality in Alberta]]> Carbon offsetting is officially out there and seen as a material asset to be managed and accounted for -- but as the market for offsets takes off, criticisms will follow, an Alberta expert predicts.

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Water supply is not endless]]> Western Canada's water supply is under heavy demand from cities, industry and agriculture, and with the prospect of reduced supplies from climate change, conservation is essential says a leading researcher.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Fine tuning management can add $50/ac ]]>
Using some of the new trends in agriculture to help fine tune your crop production could improve the bottom line by $40 to $50 per acre, suggests a southern central Alberta crop consultant.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Use partners to improve on-farm research ]]> Research results are useful information, but they don't always reflect what will happen on the unique conditions on every farm

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[A unique perspective on farming in Australia and Canada ]]> While most producers in Canada were feasting on Christmas dinner leftovers, Doug Wright was bringing in his crops.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Biofuel a boon — for landowners]]> University of Lethbridge professor Kurt Klein says biofuel is changing agriculture more than any other event in his career.

]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[If you can't be at FarmTech 2008]]> FarmTech, Alberta's premier crop production and farm management conference is sold out with a record 1,200 delegates. But over the next three days, we'll keep you up to date with FarmTech show news, a daily e-mail newsletter brought to you by Alberta Farmer Express and Country Guide, and sponsored by Dow AgroSciences.

Staff writers and photographers will be bringing you highlights from speakers on a diverse range of topics including market outlook, biofuels, the environment and agronomic sessions on fertilization, weed control and variable rate technology.

This year's FarmTech features several keynote speakers, including:

Doug Wright on the challenges of farming in both Alberta and Australia,

David Schindler of the University of Alberta on "Water — will we have enough?",

Steve Padgette,  vice-president, technology for Monsanto on future biotech traits for North American crops,

Alejandro Lopez Moriena on Sustainable Farming in Argentina and

Patrick Moore on "Environmentalism for the 21st Century."

FarmTech 2008 winds up with Friday afternoon "Super Panels" on agronomy, environment and farm management.

Watch your e-mail box each morning for the latest updates, and visit the FarmTech website for the full program and proceedings of this year's meeting as well as others back to 2004.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT