Discover innovative practices from the fieldThe Farming Smarter Field School2025 kicks off June 25 & 26!Hear from researchers and experts on a variety of crops and topics covering soil salinity and physics, planting and harvest strategies, herbicides and diseases. Buy your ticket today! |
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New content to increase your agronomic knowledge from Farming Smarter is live! The latest opportunities for events, videos, and articles provide the perfect companion to a quick break from the busywork of #Plant25!
Subscribers joined Farming Smarter staff in-person and digitally to share ideas to adapt future and on-going research proposals to suit the priorities of agriculture producers across southern Alberta
Farming Smarter's Saving Soils project received an extension to its grant funding, supporting two more years of field work. This opportunity allows for the conversation around soil conversation to achieve further reach as existing projects continue and new ones are added on
Ashley Wagenaar, Conservation Agronomist at Farming Smarter, spearheads conservation initiatives to improve soil health, manage nitrogen efficiently, and address environmental challenges such as wind erosion.
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Ashley Wagenaar, Conservation Agronomist at Farming Smarter, spearheads conservation initiatives to improve soil health, manage nitrogen efficiently, and address environmental challenges such as wind erosion.
In 2022, land prices were approaching prices out of reach for new farmers. However, money isn't the only way around this costly barrier to entry!
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Land rollers are commonly used to push rocks into the soils and improve harvest operation during silage crop production. Other benefits of land rolling
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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.
Three Farming Smarter project have been extended for three years, allowing us to advance irrigation and hemp research in southern Alberta
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.
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Events
It's time to take to the field and learn the latest innovative updates in southern Alberta agriculture! Field School opens June 25 & 26, don't miss this opportunity to develop new skills for success.
Join Conservation Agronomist Ashley Wagenaar in the field for a walk & talk update on the current innovations underway at Farming Smarter
A great opportunity for southern Alberta's agriculture community to come together and share knowledge, brainstorm ideas, and make connections. Plus, you can listen to our experts share updates on Farming Smarter's research from this year!