On-Farm Research Trials
SaskOilseeds’ on-farm research trials program aims to address farmer challenges by focusing on field-scale research, delivering valuable insights and solutions directly to canola farmers.
Top Notch Farming Trials Overview
In the program’s third-year, SaskOilseeds’ Top Notch Farming trials reached new heights and expanded significantly – a testament to the program’s impactful contributions to the farming community! The program started in 2023 with one protocol and 10 sites, then four protocols and 23 sites in 2024, and grew again to seven protocols and 31 sites in 2025.
By investing in research applicable at the farm level, SaskOilseeds emphasizes its commitment to growing producer prosperity. The goal of our program is to actively seek input from farmers and agronomists to shape future projects, and cultivate a collaborative network between SaskOilseeds, farmers, agronomists, and research specialists. We recruit cooperators each year prior to seeding. If at any time you have an idea for a future research project, please contact SaskOilseeds to let us know.
Why Participate in On-Farm Research?
- Join a network of growers and agronomists who are interested in field-scale research and sharing on-farm results
- Results are established with your equipment under your farm conditions and management practices to help you make decisions on your farm
- A research specialist or agronomist will help support you through every step of the research process and collect data throughout the season
- Gain primary access to the results of other on-farm, field scale trials in Saskatchewan
This program is available to registered canola growers in good standing.
For more information, or to participate in the program, contact:
Kaeley Kindrachuk
Agronomy Extension Specialist, SaskOilseeds
Office: (306) 975-0273
Cell: (306) 260-2531
2025 Trial Protocols
SaskOilseeds supports field-scale research to address real-world challenges faced by Saskatchewan canola growers. The following protocols outline the objectives of current on-farm trials aimed at improving agronomic practices, input efficiency, and profitability. Below are each protocol in PDF format available to download or view.
Research Support
SaskOilseeds will be working closely with the Western Applied Research Corporation (WARC) to assist with development of the project, implementation, measurement, harvest and analysis of the data. SaskOilseeds and WARC will engage as needed with local agrologists to support the projects.
Video Library
This reel highlights our seeding rate trial, one of the protocols of our 2024 Top Notch Farming Research Trials! This on-farm trial examines three different seeding rates and their survivability. WARC is leading and managing this project by Unity, SK.
The trial showcased in the reel below is the Foliar Applied Nitrogen Fixing Biological in Canola project. This initiative aims to evaluate the agronomic and economic benefits of applying the producers choice of product under different management, soil and weather conditions in Saskatchewan. Sara Olexsyn is the trial site manager for this project at Wakaw, with the entire project coordinated by Kayla Slind at WARC.