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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
2022-2025

This study was designed to test the efficacy of Acetic acid in combination with surfactants to desiccate seed alfalfa. The goal is to increase the options for growers and improve harvestability and/or yield.

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
2022-2025

Desiccating seed alfalfa 1-2 weeks earlier may improve desiccation efficacy and lower the risk of inclement weather interrupting harvest activities without impacting harvestability or grain quality (dockage and/or germination).

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
2022-2025

Farmer yields are managed by balancing cultivar selection and agronomic practices. We hypothesize that feed barley yields could be improved by adopting new cultivars and improved agronomic practices.

Monday, March 31, 2025
2022-2024

Land rollers are commonly used to push rocks into the soils and improve harvest operation during silage crop production. Other benefits of land rolling

Sunday, December 31, 2023
2019-2023

Glyphosate resistance in kochia populations is a growing problem, with over 50% of strains carrying resistance. This study looks at site-specific patch management in an effort to reduce and/or control local populations.

Sunday, December 31, 2023
2020-2023

This study proposes to test the efficiency of management practices including strip tillage and precision planting in managing crop residues and improving canola emergence, growth, and yield.

Sunday, December 31, 2023
2020-2023

Many diseases that infect and devastate crops are due to spores that are deposited in field by air currents. These diseases are often difficult to identify until it's too late to effectively prevent them.

Sunday, December 31, 2023
2018-2023

The development of high value specialty crops is crucial for a diversified and robust agricultural industry in Canada. It is very important for on-farm profitability and is a key driver for value added industries.

Sunday, December 31, 2023
2019-2023

Precision planters are typically used to seed conventional row crops such as corn or soybeans, however producers are experimenting with them to plant small grains and other crops.

Friday, December 29, 2023
2017-2023

This project will evaluate the viability, impact, and benefits of including cover crops in crop rotations across Prairie Canada (including MB, SK, and AB).

Friday, December 29, 2023
Ongoing

Distribution and abundance of insect pests in Alberta that affect field crops is correlated with climate, weather, agronomic practices, and natural enemies.

Friday, March 31, 2023
2019-2022

A biological and physical baseline developed within the province will provide a framework that can help define strategies for managing and improving the productive capacity, and sustainability, of our soils.

Saturday, December 31, 2022
2021-2022

We propose to develop, deploy, and assess an automated, sensor-integrated open-source system to provide continually updated irrigation prescription maps for variable rate irrigation systems with our farm partner in Alberta.

Saturday, December 31, 2022
2019-2022

This trial is takes key findings from Farming Smarter's small plot precision planter research program and evaluates performance in a real-world field environment, fostering adaptation development and adoption.

Friday, December 30, 2022
2021-2022

Winter crops provide a distinct advantage over spring crops in extending the growing season under western Canadian conditions.

Thursday, March 31, 2022
2021

Alfalfa weevils are a pest in seed alfalfa production because the larvae eat the flower buds off the plants. This study focuses on testing several insecticide options for farmers, aiming to help them protect their crops from this pest.

Friday, March 25, 2022
2018-2022

Fusarium head blight (FHB) has become a major limitation to cereal crop production across much of the prairies in recent years, particularly for bread and durum wheat growers, and the disease is also impacting barley growers.

Friday, March 25, 2022
2018-2022

This project combines seeding rate and date trials that were separate in the first project to study their interaction effects. The fertility trial determines the optimum rate and timing of fertilizer to maximum hemp fiber and grain yield.

Friday, December 31, 2021
2019-2021

This project evaluated the use of the EM38 soil conductivity sensor as a real-time soil moisture mapping tool. Real-time data collected in-season could allow farmers to use a near real-time efficiency of crop production inputs ...

Friday, December 31, 2021
2018-2021

This study determines if the periodic deep banded application of immobile nutrients (P, K & Cu) can reduce nutrient stratification while improving nutrient uptake and crop production on land previously under direct seeding for >10 years.

Friday, December 31, 2021
2018-2021

The goal of the Canola Performance Trials (CPT) is to evaluate currently available commercial canola seed varieties available to farmers.

Friday, December 31, 2021
2020-2021

Flea beetles are one of the major canola pests in Alberta. Currently neonicotinoid-based seed treatments are often used to protect canola seedings from flea beetle damage.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
2020-2021

This project sets out to find the effects of rolling barley at various stages of crop growth and to recommend best management practices for successful crop growth and yield.

Thursday, December 31, 2020
2019-2020

Detector dogs have even been used to detect infections, pests or diseases by their unique scents. This project evaluated the potential to use canines to detect clubroot in fields in southern Alberta.

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