As farmers we are often considering new ways to make our farms profitable. Especially after a year like the last one, when weather and market challenges were high, we are trying to figure out how we can mitigate the risks of these conditions for next year. While we spend time considering seed varieties, equipment upgrades, …
With the New Year quickly approaching, this is a great time to reflect on what the last year brought us. It was an interesting year for agriculture in Alberta to be certain. For a lot of us in the northern part of the province we experienced a good amount of moisture with less days of …
It is amazing that despite over 12,000 years of agriculture, it is still an industry full of learning and growth. Here in Canada we have records of corn being cultivated by Native Americans back in 500 AD and even before that there are records of squash being grown as early as 2300 BC. In the …
The leaves on the trees have begun to grace us with all of the beautiful colours of fall. The abundant rains of this summer seem to have subsided long enough for the ground to dry up, allowing farmers to get started on harvesting the crops that they spent the spring planting. Many of us have …
So many of us farmers enjoy a good conversation at the local coffee shop. It is our opportunity to connect with our neighbours, and before the days of the internet it was one of our limited ways of finding out what was going on in the world around us. A lot of great things happen …
There is an often overlooked aspect to farming that can really make or break a farm. When we think about our work as farmers we often first think of the crops or livestock, what our soil is doing, how much rainfall we have received and what our harvest will look like. All very important aspects …
With the forest fire up at High Level currently burning out of control and early concerns of summer drought already making headlines in the news, we are reminded of the many reasons that we need to increase the water holding capacity on our farms. Whether or not we are all on board with the idea …
The beginning of the spring is always an exciting time. The world around us is finally starting to turn green after months of whites and browns. The birds are returning and new life is coming into the world everywhere that we look. We at Gateway Research Organization are preparing to seed the trials that we …
Here at Gateway Research Organization we are so excited to have received Kernza perennial wheat seed and ACE 1 perennial rye seed for our demonstration trials this year! These trials are sure to get the plant nerds in all of us geeking out about the numerous possibilities that perennial grains could hold and eager to …
Here at Gateway Research Organization we just finished hosting our first Women in Farming Workshop in Thorhild. It was a great success and we had the opportunity to meet with so many wonderful women in our region as we spent a day learning and laughing together. I really want to encourage those that are just …
