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LANGHAM, SK. - A research project underway this fall at Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm Langham is designed to assess the efficacy of CENTURO®, a nitrogen stabilizer used in anhydrous ammonia, that has the potential to expand the timing window for fall fertilizer application without affecting crop yields.  Dean Streisel, founder and CEO of Down to Earth Ag Research, the contracted supplier of research service to Discovery...

SASKATOON, SK - Glacier FarmMedia (GFM) and Saskatchewan Polytechnic have established a new position to coordinate applied research projects designed to address practical issues faced by farmers in Western Canada.  “The field-scale research program at our Discovery Farm west of Langham is enhanced by the position we’ve created through this partnership,” said Lynda Tityk, GFM Executive Vice-President. “Sask Polytech has applied research capacity and expertise that will allow us to combine our efforts to...

WOODSTOCK, ON. – Glacier FarmMedia (GFM) today announced its intention to establish Discovery Farm Woodstock at the current site of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) as the permanent home of the show and an applied research facility designed to strengthen Ontario’s agriculture sector. GFM President Bob...

A new research project started this spring at Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm(Langham) is expected to illustrate to western Canadian producers one management tool to deal with the issue of saline soil. “The establishment of perennial forage crops is an effective practice producers can use to manage...

LANGHAM, SK -Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm (Langham) and the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency through its Agricultural Water Management Strategy have launched a two-year study to assess the economic and environmental considerations in draining agricultural land with an eye to maximizing agricultural productivity and reducing nutrient...

Demonstrating the yield benefits and economics of using real-time data to make fertility management decisions is the goal of this year’s project at Field of Excellence, part of Glacier FarmMedia’s Discovery Farm (Langham).   “Our project is designed to demonstrate to producers how they can use data to make...

Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm has joined forces with two partners on a unique project designed to evaluate the yield increase potential and economic impact of crop nutrition practices.  “We’re very happy to work with Yara Belle Plaine and Down to Earth Ag Research to look at practices and application systems...