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After 22 years, Claudette Lacombe ends her communications career with Farming Smarter to kick back and enjoy the golden years. While she never expected to stay this long, the experiences and people she met through the organization were enough for her nomadic to spirit settle down - for a bit.
Access leading edge agriculture knowledge in Lethbridge, Alta. on February 11. The Farming Smarter Conference & Trade Show offers you a full day of innovation, insight, and connection throughout southern Alberta's agriculture community.
Farmers across southern Alberta formed closer ties with each other at a series of events designed to spark conversation, share experiences, and explore agricultural victories.
Cover crops provide a myriad of benefits to your field and crops, but they aren't a one-size-fits-all solution. Farming Smarter's research into the practice is growing knowledge around how you can fit it into your operation.
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Pick up Pesticide Applicator CEU's & Certified Crop Advisor CEU's from home or in the office at Farming Smarter's half-day Pesticide Applicator Workshop on March 18 & 25 for $250!
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Most integrated weed management (IWM) approaches that are effective at managing kochia will fail when used in marginal areas of the field. We aim to identify which tools are effective in these zones to provide farmers across the Prairies with IWM strategies to reduce kochia populations.
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Three Farming Smarter project have been extended for three years, allowing us to advance irrigation and hemp research in southern Alberta
The study investigating durum's viability as a candidate for ultra early seeding has concluded with promising observations. This alternative planting practice for growers could protect the crop and even improve yields in southern Alberta.
We're done rolling for our Rolling Cereals trial, finishing with the most interesting year yet. Rain, heat, and more rain have created new obstacles and opportunities for the team!
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Pick up Pesticide Applicator CEU's & Certified Crop Advisor CEU's from home or in the office at Farming Smarter's half-day Pesticide Applicator Workshop on March 18 & 25 for $250!
Pick up Pesticide Applicator CEU's & Certified Crop Advisor CEU's from home or in the office at Farming Smarter's half-day Pesticide Applicator Workshop on March 18 for $150!
Pick up Pesticide Applicator CEU's & Certified Crop Advisor CEU's from home or in the office at Farming Smarter's half-day Pesticide Applicator Workshop on March 25 for $150!