It has helped fund the development of numerous crop varieties, advanced controlled-traffic farming in the province, supported agronomy research and strengthened ties between researchers and the crop i...

Sheri Strydhorst is an agronomist, an internationally recognized agriculture researcher and an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta, who also somehow finds the time to work on her own farmin...

Marketing decisions are difficult at the best of times, particularly prior to planting given the uncertainty and potential scenarios that could play out over the ensuing year. However, understanding t...

Though they may sound like something from the Terminator movies, driverless tractors are far from science fiction. That point was driven home recently with the unveiling of autonomous technology at th...

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....