Digital workshops are here to help you get credits, March 18 & 25!Our annual Pesticide Applicator Workshops return March 18 & 25 to bring you a total of 8 pesticide applicator CEUs. Our digital workshops run from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with four sessions each to help you get caught up on credits. Join us on Zoom from your home or office. CCA credits available too! |
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Digital workshops are here to help you get credits, March 18 & 25!Our annual Pesticide Applicator Workshops return March 18 & 25 to bring you a total of 8 pesticide applicator CEUs. Our digital workshops run from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with four sessions each to help you get caught up on credits. Join us on Zoom from your home or office. CCA credits available too! |
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David Opinko is Farming Smarter's new External Communications Specialist, helping to tell the stories of the group's innovative work and connect with our partners and the public.
Farming Smarter is gearing up to host its annual Pesticide Applicator Workshop, Mar. 18 and 25, 2026
After 22 years, Claudette Lacombe ends her communications career with Farming Smarter to kick back and enjoy the golden years. While she never expected to stay this long, the experiences and people she met through the organization were enough for her nomadic to spirit settle down - for a bit.
Access leading edge agriculture knowledge in Lethbridge, Alta. on February 11. The Farming Smarter Conference & Trade Show offers you a full day of innovation, insight, and connection throughout southern Alberta's agriculture community.
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Spring Wheat is the most common irrigated crop in Alberta, where irrigated acres are unfortunately threatened by reduced allocation rates if reservoirs remain below normal levels. This project investigates the crop yield and quality response at multiple reduced rates to arm farmers with effective knowledge.
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Pulse crops suffer tremendously from weed competition, yet offer significant benefits when included in crop rotations. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers is funding researchers across the Prairies to discover successful weed management strategies pulse growers can count on.
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With over three quarters of its 173 trials harvested, Farming Smarter expects to complete harvest by the second week of Sept except silage and grain corn trials.
The study investigating durum's viability as a candidate for ultra early seeding has concluded with promising observations. This alternative planting practice for growers could protect the crop and even improve yields in southern Alberta.
Sugar beet growing regions went from across the prairies to now only Ontario and southern Alberta. Now, Farming Smarter aims to identify the best management practices for the crop so producers can optimize and enhance their operations.
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A trusted driver of innovationBuilding and inspiring a culture of innovation in western Canadian agricultureTrue innovation isn’t just doing something in a new way or inventing something to change for the sake of change. It is doing something in a new way that brings benefit. For us, innovation is creativity and a belief that new ideas and new technologies can bring improvement, grounded in great science applied at a grassroots level.
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Located in Canada’s largest agricultural area and features key agricultural industries including primary production, value-added processing plants, and agriculture-related small and medium-sized enterprises. This area contributes about $8 billion in gross farm revenue, contains 690,000 ha under irrigation (70% of total irrigated acres in Canada), and is home to the largest federal research station (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada).
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Events
Farming Smarter's Field School brings you hands-on learning in the field, June 25 & July 16, with the latest innovations and crop updates to elevate southern Alberta's agriculture industry!
It's time to take to the field and learn the latest innovative updates in southern Alberta agriculture! Field School opens June 25 to bring you the latest agronomy knowledge & skills.
Farming Smarter's Field School brings you back to the field, July 16, for hands-on learning with specialty crops and the latest in irrigation!