It’s rock-paper-scissors time again for canola seed choices, as growers get ready for the 2016 season in a few months. The Big Eight seed and life-science companies already have at least 16 new canola varieties to release, according to Grainews* for Oct. 21. Added to what’s already on the market, choices will be tough. West-central [...]
On November 2 we launched our inaugural CONNECT event, The Heart of the Farm, celebrating farm women from across Western Canada. At this event we also launched CONNECT Apparel, an initiative that, at Emerge, we are very excited about. CONNECT Apparel is a clothing line with a purpose. We have designed and created various pieces [...]
Recent wet years have stymied growers’ attempts at applying fall fertilizer. When nitrogen has been applied, losses have been high or, in the following spring, fields were not seeded due to excessive moisture. It’s not hard to see that many growers are starting to ponder the effectiveness of fall applied nitrogen and trying to evaluate [...]
