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fromRealagriculture
2 days ago

Managing cold stress in Canadian crops

Cold stress negatively impacts plant growth, germination, and crop yield, especially when seeding in cold soil conditions.
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Use This Tool When Picking Citrus Fruit To Help It Last Longer After Harvest - Tasting Table

Citrus fruits are delicious, fragrant, and packed with vitamins and nutrients, making them versatile for snacking, salads, juicing, cooking, baking, and seasoning.
Everyday cooking
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Alternative medicine
fromTasting Table
2 weeks ago

Skipping Store-Bought Blueberries With A White Coating? Think Again - Tasting Table

Blueberries have a natural protective coating called bloom, indicating freshness and quality, and should not be confused with mold.
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Avoid These 9 Mistakes When You Buy Blueberries - Tasting Table

Blueberries are nutritious, delicious, and require careful selection to ensure freshness and quality when purchasing.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 week ago

Learning more about KWS hybrid rye, Ep 2: The push and pull of the market

The rye market faces challenges due to decreased demand and overproduction, prompting growers to adapt their strategies and explore new markets.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
3 weeks ago

Why You're Less Likely To Enjoy Rhubarb In Southern States - Tasting Table

Rhubarb's taste varies significantly based on growing conditions, with northern climates producing better flavors than the South's hot summers.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

Fan Of Wild Blueberries? Why 2026 Might Be An Unlucky Year For You - Tasting Table

Maine's severe drought in 2025 and continuing drought conditions in 2026 are reducing wild blueberry yields and supply, making them harder to find and more expensive in grocery stores.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

Growing Strawberries? This Brilliant Backyard Method Is So Easy - Tasting Table

Growing strawberries in gutters is an accessible beginner-friendly method requiring minimal space, drainage holes, soil, and eight hours of daily sunlight for successful vertical gardening.
Canada news
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

A clean pass under pressure: Why farmers need to take the next shift on plant breeding

Canadian agricultural research faces structural funding pressures and requires a new, diversified research strategy to preserve critical knowledge, regain lost ground, and compete globally.
Food & drink
fromBon Appetit
17 years ago

Should You Wash Grapes Before Storing Them?

Store grapes in their perforated store bag with absorbent pad in the refrigerator; washing and rinsing before storage can accelerate spoilage and soften grapes.
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

The Agronomists, Ep 231: How weeds adapt with Tammy Jones and Jenny Rae Seward

Herbicide layering strategies involve combining multiple herbicide modes of action to target weeds effectively and prevent resistance development. This approach requires careful planning to apply different chemical classes at appropriate growth stages, ensuring comprehensive weed control while reducing selection pressure for resistant populations.
Agriculture
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fromRealagriculture
2 months ago

What's the best way to manage crop residue?

No-till is the preferred residue management strategy among surveyed growers, preserving soil cover and supporting soil health.
Agriculture
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Your Fall-Bearing Raspberries Will Bounce Back Faster If You Prune Them Like This - Tasting Table

Prune fall-bearing raspberries in winter to remove spent canes, reduce congestion, and encourage faster, stronger spring growth.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Original Bramley apple tree at risk' after site where it grows is put up for sale

The more than 220-year-old tree was grown from a pip planted by Mary Anne Brailsford between 1809 and 1815. Its apples were discovered nearly 50 years later by local gardener Henry Merryweather in a garden owned by Matthew Bramley. Merryweather was given permission to take cuttings from the Bramley seedling as long as the apples he sold bore Bramley's name. Steven said her great-grandfather, Merryweather, believed in that apple, he commercialised it, he marketed it, he promoted it he called it the King of Covent Garden'.
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fromRealagriculture
2 months ago

New seed treatment delivers one-two punch for wireworm control in cereals

Equento Cereals offers contact and systemic wireworm control with plinazolin plus thiamethoxam, while delivering broad seed- and soil-borne disease protection in Western Canada (2026).
fromRealagriculture
2 months ago

Can biologicals fill the soybean nitrogen gap? The jury's still out

More than 100 research studies show that soybeans typically suffer from a nitrogen gap when yields exceed 60 bu/ac. At that yield level, the combination of soil nitrogen and nodulation often doesn't provide what the plant requires to achieve higher yields. Could biologicals - including nitrogen-fixing endophytes and biostimulants - fill that "yield gap" and provide the nitrogen required at high yield levels? That's a question Syngenta Canada biological field specialist Greg Stewart has been working on for the past two years.
Agriculture
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fromTasting Table
2 months ago

Most Fruit Trees Can Wait Until Spring To Be Pruned, Except These Two - Tasting Table

Prune apple and pear trees in winter to improve light, reduce crowding, and boost future fruit; avoid winter pruning for most other fruit trees.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
2 months ago

Wheat Pete's Word, Jan 28, 2026: Yield surprises, frost seeding tips, and the truth about nutrient ratios

Spring approaches despite cold; agronomy updates cover yield results, soil compaction, nutrient management, GMO adoption in Asia, forage performance, and nitrogen efficiency reassessment.
Agriculture
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Empire State of apples

New York's 500+ family-owned orchards use dwarfing trees in high-density plantings to produce hundreds of apple varieties sold at over 7,400 retailers nationwide.
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