Published since 1957, this bimonthly journal contains new research on all aspects of plant science relevant to continental climate agriculture, including plant production and management (grain, forage, industrial, and alternative crops), horticulture (fruit, vegetable, ornamental, greenhouse, and alternative crops), and pest management (entomology, plant pathology, and weed science). Cross-disciplinary research in the application of technology, plant breeding, genetics, physiology, biotechnology, microbiology, soil management, economics, meteorology, post-harvest biology, and plant production systems is also published. Research that makes a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge of crop, horticulture, and weed sciences (e.g., drought or stress resistance), but not directly applicable to the environmental regions of Canadian agriculture, may also be considered. The Journal also publishes reviews, letters to the editor, the abstracts of technical papers presented at the meetings of the sponsoring societies, and occasionally conference proceedings.

自1957年出版以來，這本雙月刊包含了與大陸氣候農業有關的植物科學的所有方面的新研究，包括植物生產和管理(谷物、飼料、工業和替代作物)、園藝(水果、蔬菜、觀賞植物、溫室和替代作物)和害蟲管理(昆蟲學、植物病理學和雜草科學)。在技術應用、植物育種、遺傳學、生理學、生物技術、微生物學、土壤管理、經濟學、氣象學、收獲后生物學和植物生產系統方面的跨學科研究也發表了。也可以考慮對促進作物、園藝和雜草科學(例如抗旱或抗逆性)的知識作出重大貢獻，但不直接適用于加拿大農業環境區域的研究。該雜志還出版評論、給編輯的信、主辦協會會議上發表的技術論文摘要，偶爾也出版會議記錄。