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A view of the 100-year-old Morden Research Station from its southern plots. Although the station is renowned for its horticultural research, it has developed many flax, sunflower, corn, buckwheat and pulse crop cultivars. Last year its mandate expanded to include cereal research after the closing of the Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg.

Editorial: Beauty and the farm

By Laura Rance-Unger August 24, 2015

The shifting sands in agricultural research were apparent last week as the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Morden Research Centre celebrated 100 years of innovation. Anyone who has visited the picture-perfect grounds on the east side of town is familiar with its reputation as one of the most beautiful in AAFC’s network. Not only has it

Canterra, which has already worked with AAFC-bred CPSR varieties such as AC Conquer VB, has entered a partnership with AAFC and the Alberta Wheat Commission for future CPSR development. (Canterra.com)

Crops, Markets

CPSR wheat breeding program adopts ‘4-P’ model

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 9, 2015

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s breeding program for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat in Alberta is picking up new investment partners. AAFC, Canterra Seeds and the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) on Wednesday announced they would jointly contribute $3.4 million over five years to Dr. Harpinder Randhawa’s CPSR breeding program at AAFC’s Lethbridge Research Centre. The

Crops, Markets, Weather

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 17, 2015

Canadian farmers are expected to take area out of summerfallow this spring for more acres of almost all major grains, oilseeds, pulses and special crops, the federal agriculture department said Friday. Canada’s total 2015-16 crop production is forecast to rise, due mainly to higher seeded area, due in turn to lower area in summerfallow and

Crops, News

Manitoba soils help NASA’s new gadgets take flight

By Daniel Winters June 16, 2012

From June 7 to July 17, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will fly two piloted aircraft several times a week over an area of mixed agricultural and forested land from Portage la Prairie to Carman in south-central Manitoba. These aircraft will carry instruments similar to those onboard a satellite that NASA will

Cereals, News

AAFC clarifies checkoff administrator’s authority

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2012

The federal government plans to sign an agreement with the Alberta Barley Commission to dictate how farmers’ money collected from the proposed new interim wheat and barley checkoff for research and market development is spent. “ABC and AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) intend to enter into an agreement that will specify what dollars-per-tonne amounts that

Cereals, Crops

Ottawa Commits $11 Million To Cereal Breeding Research – for Sep. 23, 2010

By Allan Dawson September 23, 2010

The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) will now directly manage publicly funded wheat breeding in Western Canada thanks to the creation of the Canadian Wheat Breeding Cluster, says foundation vice-chair and Dauphinarea farmer Don Dewar. The federal government is contributing more than $8 million to the cluster to go with wheat checkoff money collected by

News

Let Children Play, Grow And Farm Safely

March 18, 2010

Growing up on a farm can be a wonderful experience for children. However without proper supervision it can result in tragedy. Between 1990 and 2004, 209 children under 15 years old were killed on Canadian farms; and from 1990 to 2000 an additional 1,886 children were hospitalized for farm-related injuries, reports the Canadian Agricultural Injury

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Editorial: Beauty and the farm

CPSR wheat breeding program adopts ‘4-P’ model

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

Manitoba soils help NASA’s new gadgets take flight

AAFC clarifies checkoff administrator’s authority

Ottawa Commits $11 Million To Cereal Breeding Research – for Sep. 23, 2010

Let Children Play, Grow And Farm Safely

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