Canada will join the U.S., U.K., and others in a group dedicated to advancing efficient and novel fertilizers, the federal government announced today.
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Canada pledges funds for efficient fertilizer research
Joining the Efficient Fertilizer Consortium gives Canada chance to influence research strategies, feds say
Hepworth honoured for agricultural achievements
The London, Ont. resident started as a Sask. farmer and vet before moving to politics, then research
Lorne Hepworth, former Saskatchewan agriculture minister and current chair of the Agriculture Research Institute of Ontario, has been named a member of the Order of Canada.
Giving beef a good rep
FACES OF AG | University of Manitoba research scientist honoured
A Manitoba research scientist has earned top accolades from the Beef Cattle Research Council for her work on sustainability and the cattle sector. Kim Ominski of the University of Manitoba received the 2023 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary Aug. 16. Why it matters:
Opinion: Keep balance in research funding
Many ingredients went into the mix that resulted in the extraordinary success of agriculture in feeding a growing population. There’s the ability of farmers to constantly learn and increase their management skills. There are also vast improvements in technology – mechanical, digital and biological – that have come from researchers in both private companies and
Feds, Manitoba pledge $6.4M to ag research facility
The new facility will modernize crop and soil research and training at the University of Manitoba
The Federal and Manitoba governments have thrown their weight behind development of a facility touted to become Canada’s pre-eminent resource for field crop research. “A great deal of our agriculture industry’s success comes from research and skill development,” said federal ag minister Marie-Claude Bibeau in a news release, Tuesday. Bibeau and Derek Johnson, Manitoba’s minister
Long-term plot experiment yields new insights
RESEARCH Ninety-year-old rotations show compounding nature of systemic production changes
When one part of an agricultural system is changed, the effects are frequently found in unexpected places. For example, the earliest no-till farmers were hoping for soil conservation benefits. Research now shows fields in long-term no-till require less fertilizer. Miles Dyck, a University of Alberta soil scientist, provided that information at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference
China must raise self-reliance in ag tech, Xi says
Seed industry seen as weak link in food chain
Beijing | Reuters — President Xi Jinping wants China to accelerate efforts to achieve self-reliance in agricultural technology, identifying seed development and core equipment among areas to focus on, state media reported. The central leadership had said in 2020 that the country’s seed industry was a weak link in the food chain and needed to
African freshwater scientists visit Manitoba lakes
Pollution, algae blooms a big concern in African and Manitoban lakes
Four African scientists found parallels between their home lakes and the problems facing Manitoba’s lakes during a recent visit to the province. “We have this common problem of pollution. It doesn’t spare anyone,” said Gladys Chigamba, a research scientist at Lilongwe University in Malawi. Chigamba and three other women from Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania, visited
Weather modification and chaos theory
We can’t say exactly what weather will do, so good luck forcing it to do what you want
I was asked some questions last week about weather modification. Can we do it? Is it happening? Has it been weaponized? Is this why we are seeing all this extreme weather? In this day and age, when conspiracy theories seem to spring up and run rampant, the timing of these questions could not be better.
Bringing egg farming into public view
State-of-the-art 4,500 laying-hen research centre slated for 2023 opening
A new, high-tech egg-laying research centre is on the horizon for the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station. The 4,500 laying-hen barn is expected to be a world-class facility outfitted with cutting-edge scientific testing equipment. The facility will replace the current one on the University of Manitoba (UM) Fort Garry campus that is out of
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