Nutrien Ag Solutions' Manager of Agronomic Services Brianna Lummerding talks about soil variability in a field and how it can affect productivity.
This video is about wind energy including the advantages and disadvantages of this form of renewable energy.
The video provides a detailed overview of soil taxonomy and soil health.
Janina Currah, an agronomist from Cargill Canada talks about what a seed treatment is and why it is important.
Clinton Monchuk an egg and grain farmer from Saskatchewan answers why farmers use fungicide.
Did you know that soil is the most diverse habitat on earth? It is teeming with life. One small handful of healthy soil contains more living organisms than the entire population of humans on Earth!
This video gives a short explanation of why farmers test their soil and the important information they can gain from these soil samples.
Learn how and why two vegetable growers - Mark Quee of West Branch and Jake Kundert of Solon - use beetle banks and pollinator habitats to increase beneficial insect populations on the farm in this episode of Bringing Back the Edges: Creating Wildlife Habitat on Farms.
Welcome to Discover Agriculture's latest video: "Best Green Manure Plants | Green Manure Crops | Organic Farming." Delve into the world of organic farming as we unveil the top green manure plants that can transform your soil health and boost your crop yields naturally. Learn about these incredible cover crops that not only enrich the soil but also promote sustainability in agriculture. Join us to explore the benefits and techniques of incorporating green manure into your farming practices. Subscribe for more valuable insights into modern and eco-friendly agricultural methods.
Watch and learn how The Bridge to Land Water Sky is changing the face of agriculture in Saskatchewan and helping bring Canada closer to its goal of reducing carbon emissions 30% by 2030. This Indigenous-led movement is a partnership between Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, the Redberry Lake Biosphere Region, the North Saskatchewan River Basin Council, Local Agricultural Producers and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
This video explores the return of buffalo through First Nations sharing and gifts. This is a great resource when exploring Indigenous agriculture and the impact of settlement on Indigenous agriculture.
There are steps you can take to build organic matter and improve your topsoil. Learn what they are in this segment.
This video explores chemical symbols and their meanings. It shows each of the symbols used in WHMIS and provides examples of these.
Visit Agriculture in the Classroom Canada's Educator Matrix to search through 200+ curriculum-linked resources that focus on agriculture and food.
The Canadian Grain Commission website includes grain storage charts for a variety of crops. These provide a general idea of the safe storage requirements needed to keep grain from spoiling.
Carol Ann Patterson discusses the research on canary seed by the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan through the Diverse Field Crops Cluster (DFCC).
DFCC is an agri-science cluster led by Ag-West Bio, with funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Partnership program and industry partners.
There's been a fair amount of interest in comparing the results of canola seeded with a drill versus a planter over the last decade, but as the percentage of acres sown with planters has increased, farmers and agronomists are also looking to compare different planter setups.
This Canola School episode takes us to a planter demonstration trial near St. Jean-Baptiste, Manitoba, where Brunel Sabourin of Antara Agronomy discusses variations in canola emergence in a series of plots looking at different planter setups and settings.
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This video explores the ways that hazardous substances can enter your body and impact your health. This video could be used when teaching about chemical safety in PAA or agriculture safety-related units.
In this video, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, explains what causes climate change, how it affects our planet, why we need to act promptly to mitigate its effects, and how each of us can contribute to a solution.
This video explores the effects that climate change could have on agriculture in the coming years. The video talks about specific crops that could be impacted and how.