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Jun 12, 2024 | 
ohmconnect.com | Ashley Robinson
Summer is coming, and there’s a good chance that means one thing: expensive energy bills. When the heat rises, so does electricity usage, and in some areas of the country, the cost of electricity also rises.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
spudsmart.com | Ashley Robinson
Spud Smart wishes you happy holidays. And while you’re having a great time with your families and friends over the holidays, there may be moments, you’d like to take a break and escape with a bit of good reading. We are republishing some of our most read stories from 2024. Editorial Note: At the start of every year, Spud Smart is proud to bring you the latest potato varieties for Canadian potato growers during the upcoming season.
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Feb 11, 2024 | 
seedworld.com | Ashley Robinson
It may seem that public and private researchers have different goals when it comes to agricultural research. However, their different strategies can work in tandem to drive agricultural research forward. Public research may focus more on high-risk and applied research with federal or outside funding, while private sector researchers focus more on research application.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
ohmconnect.com | Ashley Robinson
Vacations can take a lot of planning and logistics, and getting your house ready might not be the top of your to-do list. But many of our household appliances, both big and small, use energy even when we’re not home, and home energy costs can add up while you’re on vacation! Thankfully, there are small steps you can take to minimize energy use while still keeping your home safe and secure.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
germination.ca | Ashley Robinson
Private and public researchers are working together to leverage their expertise to push forward agricultural research. It may seem that public and private researchers have different goals when it comes to agricultural research. However, their different strategies can work in tandem to drive agricultural research forward. Public research may focus more on high-risk and applied research with federal or outside funding, while private sector researchers focus more on research application.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
germination.ca | Ashley Robinson
Growing a crop isn’t easy. There’s a lot of variables involved, a major one being weather. And while you can’t control weather, you can use weather forecasts to help you make informed decisions regarding your crop. This could include application of insecticide, herbicide or fungicide treatments, scheduled irrigation or swathing your crop. On the Nov. 29 episode of Seed Speaks, we’re taking a closer look at how you can use weather forecasts to grow the best possible crop.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
spudsmart.com | Ashley Robinson
Being the daughter of a potato researcher, Helen Tai grew up in the potato world but didn’t expect to work in it herself. As a child, Helen Tai had a front row seat to the potato research world. Her father, George Tai, worked as a potato researcher at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)’s Fredericton Research and Development Centre (where Helen would later work herself). “(My father and I) have a very close relationship, obviously, because now we’re working on the same thing.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
germination.ca | Ashley Robinson
The Do More Agriculture Foundation is hosting BroTalk, a fireside chat where men in agriculture will open up about their mental health experiences and what has helped them support themselves and others, on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. CST. “November is really focused around men’s health and men’s mental health. Qe wanted to host BroTalk to really encourage men having open honest conversations with each other.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
seedworld.com | Ashley Robinson
n the agriculture and seed worlds, there’s so many aspects to focus on. Agronomic traits such as disease and pest resistance, the equipment needed to grow and harvest seed, the end uses of the seed once it’s grown and needs to be sold, are all things those working in the industry have some amount of control over. However, the source of energy for all things seed and agriculture is weather.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
seedworld.com | Ashley Robinson
Brown bag seed sales affect all levels of the plant breeding and development chain. An illegal so called “brown bag” seed sale may not seem like a big deal. You get a deal on seed you need and can grow your crop. However, these sales have wide ranging impacts besides causing you to spend a bit more on seed. Brown bag seed sales “cause a loss of revenue for the plant breeder and the seed company, (it) goes all the way down the chain. And it’s a lost sale for the authorized seed grower.
