Reading Time: < 1 minute The Government of Alberta has pumped $5.2 million of provincial funding into crop diversity research centres in Edmonton and Brooks.
Alberta crop diversification centres receive funding
Upgrades and replacements to greenhouses, labs and administrative buildings supported in Edmonton, Brooks
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
Stripe rust confirmed in Alberta fields
Farmers are encouraged to scout their fields for stripe rust disease so that they know if fungicide applications are warranted
Reading Time: 3 minutes Confirmed sightings of stripe rust in Alberta have prompted experts to encourage growers in southern Alberta, along with those in the Drumheller and Calgary regions, to scout their fields for the disease.
Pulse Weekly: Conditions vary across Saskatchewan
Weather, lack of moisture affecting crops
Pulse conditions in Saskatchewan are varied across the province with the worst-faring crops located in the western half.
Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat
A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a “dangerous biological pathogen” is a common type of fungus already widespread in U.S. crop fields that likely poses little risk to food safety, experts said.
Weighing the benefit-risk balance on field edges
Researchers hope to weigh both agricultural value and risk from field boundaries like ditches and shelterbelts
Reading Time: 3 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers in Saskatchewan hope to weigh both agricultural value and risk from field boundaries like ditches and shelterbelts.
Back to normal for cereal leaf disease in Saskatchewan
Precipitation has more or less returned to normal in Saskatchewan, but that also means cereal growers need to be more aware of leaf and other diseases, says a plant pathologist.
Argentina corn harvest faces more deep cuts from stunt disease spread
Argentina's corn harvest, already cut sharply due a stunt disease spread by leafhopper insects, was "likely" to be slashed significantly further, a Rosario grains exchange analyst said on Wednesday, a blow to the embattled South American country.
Pea growers urged to keep score on ascochyta
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta farmers have a new tool to manage ascochyta blight in field peas. The Alberta Pulse Growers have added a disease ‘scorecard’ to its app to help pea growers make the decision on whether or not to spray. Ascochyta blight is the most destructive foliar disease of peas in Western Canada and around the world. […] Read more
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