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Agriculture
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Where Are All the Ag Apps?
For mainstream society the phrase “there’s an app for that” is generally true; but for agriculture, the mobile…
Investment Agriculture Foundation Seeks Nominations for Innovation Award
December 30, 2014– Victoria, B.C. The Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C. (IAF) is now accepting nominations for the…
Putting Technologies to the Test
Agriculture is a global business, and no sector is excluded from the rush of new technologies, techniques and…
Profiting from Sustainability
A farmer’s legacy is an honourable one; that is to raise the healthiest food sources for the community,…
Why European Agriculture Developed Faster than South America’s (Pt. 2)
Jagmeet Khabra Beginning of Agriculture and Domestication People started domesticating plants and animals roughly 10,000 years ago as…
Why European Agriculture Developed Faster than South America’s (Pt. 1)
Jagmeet Khabra Introduction Historians and scholars have long been asking themselves whether or not Europe won the agricultural…
Biochar: Another tool in the toolbox
Chantal Lavoi Alternative Growing Media In Greenhouses Producers of all kinds have developed agronomic “tool boxes” that change…
Never too early to protect against late blight
Susan Smith & Siva Sabaratnam As members of the nightshade or solanaceous family, potato and tomato plants are…
Plant Biotechnology: Part 2
Plant Biotechnology – In vitro Propagation and Genetic Transformation of Plants (Part 2) The main purpose of Modern…