Articles
Pulse intercrop shows promise in the Peace River Region
Intercropping has gained interest in the past few years as an agronomic practice to increase crop...
SARDA AG RESEARCH is Hiring! SUMMER FIELD TECHNICIAN
Employer Information Contact Person: Megan Allard, Research Coordinator Company...
Partnerships Plant More Trees
Peace Region Living Lab Announcement
The agriculture producer groups of the Peace Region are very pleased to announce that the proposal...
Go Deep with Immobile Nutrients
Toby Mandel checking the banding depth in year one at Farming Smarter - target 6” deep. A few...
The Peace Region Clubroot Story
In the summer of 2020, 10 of the 13 rural Peace Region (PR) municipalities participated in a...
2020 Nexicor Fungicide Trials on Creeping Red Fescue Seed Yields
Research Field surveys are currently being conducted to determine what diseases are most...
The evaluation of warm-season annual grasses as alternative sources of forage crops for beef cattle diets
Akim Omokanye, Guillermo Hernandez, Herbert Lardner, Kabal S. Gill, Buthaina Al-Maqtari & Alan...
Know Before You Sow
In 2018 the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reclassified a number of wheat varieties,...
Mandatory Entry-Level Training for all new Class 1 and 2 drivers’ License (MELT)
There is no exemption for farmers on this policy. On today’s high tech farms, it is almost...
2021 SARDA Ag Research Agricultural Trade Show is Cancelled
The SARDA Ag Research Board of Directors recently made the hard decision to cancel the Trade Show...
The Orphan Well Association and Your Land
Do you have orphan oil and gas infrastructure on your land and are wondering what happens next?...
Seeding Canola; Effects of seeding depth & seed size
Few would argue that canola is the cash crop of the Prairies. With the development of many new...
What is in the Water? SARDA Ag Research’s Water Testing Program
Agriculture has long been under the scrutiny of the public for its environmental footprint on the...
SARDA’s Plot Walk – July 30, 2020
With COVID-19 managing everyone’s lives, it seemed doubtful that SARDA would be able to host...
They’re Back!!! 2020 Summer Staff
SARDA Ag Research welcomes its latest team members to the summer staff contingent. We...
SARDA Ag Research during COVID-19
COVID has brought a lot of uncertainty into the workplace and SARDA Ag Research has not been...
The Missing Link
Prepared by Shelleen Gerbig, P.Ag. SARDA Ag Research Alberta’s twelve research associations cover...
A Mental-Health Crisis is Blanketing Farms and Ranches
prepared by Shelleen Gerbig, BSA, P.Ag, SARDA Ag Research A mental-health crisis is blanketing...
2019 Wheat Protein Trial Summary of Results
The 2019 SARDA Ag Research Wheat Protein Trial is the first year of a new protein focused trial....
SARDA Ag Research Variety Trials (SARVT)
Since 2017 SARDA Ag Research has been testing commonly grown varieties of wheat and peas. New to...
The Process
Have you ever wondered why it takes SARDA so long to do its plot work? Why do we need so many...
There is still time!
There is still time to check out the SARDA variety trials. After a season of less than ideal...
Expanding SARDA’s Research Capacity
Pictured on the cover is SARDA’s latest addition to its research equipment fl eet, the Zurn 550...