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Canadians have been reaching for local food during the pandemic, but marketing of more than Canadian produce would be welcome, says a Nourish Food Marketing report.
News

Opportunities in a new food relationship

Not every pandemic-induced food trend will stick, but buying Canadian is one that should

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The pace of change in Canada’s food system might have accelerated under pandemic pressure, but will alterations to our personal relationship to food really stick?  In some ways yes, but […] Read more
Whether to spray or not can be a difficult decision and in the end it lies with the operator.
Crops, News

To spray or not to spray

Documentation and transparency are keys to heading off spray drift conflicts

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The Ontario Professional Agri-Contractors Association (OPACA) brought stakeholders to the table for a candid discussion about spray drift.  Deb Campbell, agronomist and owner of Agronomy Advantage near Dundalk, has seen […] Read more
Consumers have become more interested in pork over the last 10 years as they learn more about its preparation.
Livestock

Pork’s affordability may create opportunities

Industry told it can capitalize on COVID-19-driven changes with cheaper meat and convenience

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Glacier FarmMedia – Sylvain Charlebois sees opportunities for pork, and by extension hog producers, amid trends emerging from the pandemic. The Dalhousie University professor and researcher, who has become known […] Read more
It’s critical to slash the amount of energy needed to produce nitrogen fertilizer — and quantum computing and artificial intelligence could do that within five years by revolutionizing the chemical process used to make N, says Teo Laino, manager of IBM Research Zurich.
News

A fertilizer revolution is on the horizon

IBM says it will produce a breakthrough within five years that will greatly lower the energy needed to make nitrogen

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As fledgling technology goes, quantum computing sounds as science fiction as it gets. But if IBM fulfills a bold promise it made in September, crop producers will see the fruits […] Read more
Using innovative techniques to achieve crop traits, the company developed camelina lines that produce bioplastic in the seed.

Crops

New camelina produces plastic in the seed

The amount of polymers is small but an American company hopes to continue to increase levels

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Glacier FarmMedia – An American firm is developing a new type of camelina, that produces bioplastic in the seed. Yield10 Bioscience of Massachusetts announced recently that the bioplastic in the […] Read more
Early planting soybeans appears to have little detrimental effect on yield.
Crops

Stepping up soybean yields

Agronomic improvement and genetics have built improved soybean production

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Soybeans yields have continued to increase decade over decade, including a jump of 23 per cent in average yield in Ontario from 2010 to 2020 compared to the previous decade. […] Read more