Nuffield Canada’s main mission is to foster agricultural leadership and personal development through international travel and study. Each year, Nuffield Canada awards three or four scholarships to Can...

Have you ever heard a quotation that really hits home, only to find out that it is 50, 100 or 300 years old? That makes me wonder if humanity has made any progress. The truth is, progress is just a mo...

In October, our faculty participated in an announcement that represented the culmination of the ultimate collaboration between a university research group and a private sector company....

Alberta’s Rocky View County is embracing the technological age by using drones to find and identify noxious weeds before they have a chance to contaminate farmers’ fields....

This board of directors for the United Farm Women of Alberta (UFWA) was leading an organization that was only about three years old when this photo was taken in 1919....

Alberta wheat and barley producers hope a newly created cereal extension specialist role will help move research results out of the laboratories and into the fields....

A study conducted by a team of researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has identified a genetic anomaly in barley that allows the crop to grow in hi...

Depression. Mental illness. People in rural communities used to be quiet about these conditions, and many still are. But there’s a growing movement of people who want to talk about depression—who real...

The flexibility to sell the crop when markets are favourable, rather than when circumstances dictate, is a pillar of farm profitability. It’s one reason why farmers invest in grain storage. It’s also ...

These days, there is no shortage of information on food packaging. But have you ever thought about what goes into a food label?...