Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Cereal Research Centre

Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Functional Food Business A Tough Sell

By
“I think we’ll all say that the commercialization piece has been the slowest to happen.” – LEE ANNE MURPHY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE MANITOBA AGRI-HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK (MAHRN) Scott Sigvaldason sold part of the family’s 106-year-old farm, rented out the rest and invested about $800,000 of his own money to develop a product that could provide
Cereals, Crops

“Wild” Oats May Hold The Key To Rust Resistance

By
There’s wild oats, and then there’s “wild” oats. For researchers looking for genes that could improve the ability of domesticated varieties to fend off crown and stem rust, the wild oats that everyone loves to hate – avena fatua – is not even considered a contender. Although it looks tough, tall and hardy, it’s not
Cereals, News

Electronic Sniffer For Taste, Aroma

By
Move over Toucan Sam, there’s a new nose in town. The parrot in the Froot Loops TV commercials, who “follows his snoot, for flavours of fruit,” has for decades urged children to nag their parents into buying the colourful cereal of dubious nutritive value. At the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceutical Research, scientists
Cereals, Crops

New Software Speeds Plant Breeding Efficiency

By
Two Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists have developed software that allows researchers to make genetic comparisons on varieties with the click of a mouse. Software developments and a gene-mapping database funded by the Western Grains Research Foundation Endowment Fund are expected to vastly decrease the amount of time spent sorting through data to make
Cereals, Crops

AAFC Receives Funds To Study Wheat Rust

By
The federal government is putting $13 million into the fight against Ug99 – a new strain of wheat stem rust that could decimate world wheat crops. “Canada is a world leader in this kind of research,” said Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Gerry Ritz in a release. “Our scientists are doing important work to help
Cereals, Crops

What’s Up – for Jul. 16, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 July 16 – Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association annual summer tour, 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., MZTRA farm, 12 miles north of Brandon on Highway 10 and half a mile east on Hwy. 353. All welcome, lunch provided. For more info call 204-725-3939 or
Cereals, News

What’s Up – for Jul. 2, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 July 1-4 – Yorkton Goat Show, Yorkton Fairgrounds, Yorkton, Sask. Includes demonstrations of pack goats and harness goats, plus CGS official milk testing. For more info call Nola Rossow at 306-925-4509. July 7-8 – Canadian Swine Health Forum, Radisson Hotel, 405 20th St. E., Saskatoon. For
Cereals, Crops

WGRF Investigates Fusarium In Oats

By
Disease resistance traits isolated from oat varieties in South America are assisting in the development of improved fusarium resistance in Canadian oats. The effects of fusarium head blight in wheat and barley have been well documented over the past two decades. Mycotoxins produced by the fungi responsible can make pigs sick and cause beer to
Cereals, News

Rating wheats for fusarium tolerance isn’t arbitrary

By
The system used to rate a wheat variety’s tolerance to fusarium head blight (FHB) is science based, but it doesn’t mean ratings don’t sometimes change, Pam de Rocquigny told farmers here Jan. 21 at Ag Days. “They change for two reasons – there is further testing in the co-op trials… and because of performance in

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →