Leonard Retzlaff of Saddleridge Farming bets sunlight will help stabilize the family farm’s income. Located near Rosemary, the farm is operated by Retzlaff, his father Ralph and brothers Philip and Lu...

Launched in 2001 by three ambitious New Zealand scientists, AbacusBio is an agricultural science and tech consultancy whose sole purpose is to help ag businesses and farmer organizations maximize thei...

Digital innovation is seemingly everywhere in agriculture. In the field, or soon to be, this collection of new and in-development products, much of it digitally enhanced, primarily aims to improve dec...

Wilfred Romanowski took over the operation of his family’s Sturgeon County farm in 1961. Though his family once raised cattle and chickens, today the Romanowski farm 20 minutes north of Edmonton stric...

Born and raised in a small agrarian village in India’s Punjab region, that nation’s breadbasket, Balwinder Kumar has been immersed in agriculture since childhood. His family grew forages for their sma...

More than ever, farmers and researchers recognize the benefits of good soil health. For example, healthy soil is better able to absorb water, which reduces evaporation so plants can better withstand d...

Over the past 20 years, many Alberta seed plants have modernized operations with the cutting-edge equipment of the day. Such enhancements benefit customers and staff. “Whether it’s a farm or a seed pl...

Just as you test drive a car before you buy, a new program is focused on the testing and adoption of emerging ag technology. Launched in May 2026, the Agriculture Innovation, Validation and Adoption N...

Better known as wireworm, click beetle larvae are trouble. Because it has been difficult to determine which wireworm species are found in a field, this has made response tricky. With new research by A...

Prairie farmers will soon have access to non-chemical means in their fight against wireworm. Soon-to-be available RNA interference technology will enable new tools to combat the pernicious pest. Carri...