Canada’s public wheat breeding system is under review. The report is due in March.
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Canada’s public wheat breeding under review
Western Grains Research Foundation commits $2.71M to new crop research projects
The Western Grains Research Foundation has committed $2.71 million to fund 15 new crop-related research projects across Western Canada.
Swine Innovation Porc funds vaccine, barn cooling research
Vaccine development for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and Porcine Delta Coronavirus are among new research projects Canadian pork groups will fund over the next few years, Swine Innovation Porc announced Tuesday.
Could snails keep blue-green algae out of livestock dugouts?
Brandon University researchers are looking into these mollusks as natural water filters
Could snails keep blue-green algae out of livestock dugouts? Researchers at Brandon University are studying them as natural water quality filters.
Cereal cover crops show mixed flea beetle protection for canola
Fall rye and oat nurse crops show promise for reducing damage, however, current research notes it's not yet a reliable field-scale tool
University of Manitoba researchers are testing if planting fall rye and oat nurse crops help growers reduce damage without hurting yield.
New ranking elevates Assiniboine College to national research elite
The post-secondary school in Brandon ranked 47th in measures rating research dollars and output at publicly funded institutions in Canada
Brandon’s Assiniboine College is 47th in a national ranking measuring research dollars and output at publicly funded institutions in Canada.
Survey looks to gauge whether producers are aware of free agronomic tools and where producer funds are going
Survey looks to gauge whether producers are aware of free agronomic tools and where producer funds are going
New research sheds light on infertility in bulls
Scientists do a deep dive into molecular biomarkers of sperm with protein synthesis to solve problems across species
Southern Alberta researchers make ground-breaking discovery in sperm function examining male infertility in bovines
Gene editing against classical swine fever
A gene-edited pig in the U.K. is resistant to classical swine fever; the same technology could be used for a solution to bovine viral diarrhea in cattle
British scientists have discovered a gene edit that could provide resistance to classical swine fever in pigs and bovine viral diarrhea in cattle
Better data on fertilizer emissions with the Internet of Things
Web of smart field sensors allows better soil monitoring and, hopefully, live insights on farm greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen fertilizer application
Web of soil sensors looks for live insights on farm greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen fertilizer application.
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