Neonicotinoids and Honeybees: Are agricultural chemicals harming honeybees?
A meta-analysis of field experiment data Pollinators play a crucial role in the production of food crops. While many crops are open pollinated, meaning they …
Research
How Do Seed Traits Affect Variety Adoption?
The following uses results from an article published in the Canadian Journal of Plant Science, on February 9, 2023: Decision factors influencing new variety adoption in …
Seed Innovation for Food Security
Seed as a Starting Point Using the best ingredients or inputs is common with virtually all things we do. When we prepare to cook or …
In Hindsight, 2021 Has Been a Decent Year
As I sat in front of my laptop to write the year’s final blog, I was reminded of the many challenges, obstacles and problems the …
The Social Costs of Spreading Misinformation
Mainstream media and politicians are complicit in the problem Biotechnology began to be applied to crop agriculture in the early 1980s, with the first commercialized …
Interesting Agenda of Speakers for the 25th ICABR Conference
In 1997, a small group of agricultural economists met at the Food and Agriculture Organization’s headquarters in Rome, Italy to discuss the impacts that biotechnology …
Ag’s promising future: Chelsea
Celebrating Canada’s Agriculture Day Today marks Canada’s Agriculture Day, a day we are proud to be celebrating, as we think agriculture is the best sector …
Communicating Empirically-based Science is Important for Society, Not Misinformation
The costs of misinformation adversely affects everyone Science is not like ice cream. With ice cream, we all have our favourite flavours or brands of …
Gladly Announcing Research Chair Renewal for 2019/2024
Agri-Food Innovation and Sustainability Enhancement Chair It is truly amazing just how fast five years can pass by. The first five years of my Research …
The Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan
48 Years of Innovation Success Founded in 1971, the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC) focuses on research and development of new crop varieties. …