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Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal speaks at Manitoba Ag Days 2020.
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Province funds new vet student seats

Spots in program will target lack of commercial vets in rural areas

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Veterinary hopefuls from Manitoba will get a few more seats at the table, the province announced Sept. 29. Manitoba will increase its funding at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) at the University of Saskatchewan, which is the primary school for vet training in Western Canada. Why it matters: Vet shortages have been particularly acute in
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Crops

Automated ag skills program developed for Saskatchewan workforce

Protein supercluster, U of S supporting non-profit agency's program

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Corrected, May 24 — A national skills-building organization focused on connecting employers with “untapped” labour markets sets its webcams this summer on the automated and digital ag sectors. Not-for-profit organization Palette Skills has launched a new eight-week online program for Saskatchewan residents focused on automation and digitization in agricultural production and processing. The enrolment deadline
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Livestock

B.C. doubling seat count at Saskatchewan vet college

Saskatoon veterinary school to take 40 B.C. students

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The interprovincial cost-sharing agreement supporting the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) will now allow for twice as many students from British Columbia. The B.C. government and the U of S on Monday announced the province will now put up almost $10.7 million to double the number of provincially subsidized students to
Ajay Dalai says a process to pelletize canola meal is now ready for commercialization.
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Heating homes with canola meal

This byproduct of crushing could soon be replacing coal and natural gas

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A project to turn canola meal into home heat through pelletization is ready for its next step. Ajay Dalai, a Canada Research Chair at the University of Saskatchewan, says they’re now ready to scale up pellet production and enter commercialization. He says the product could find a market as an eco-friendly replacement for coal and
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Livestock

Saskatchewan to incentivize rural vet techs

Remote learning, loan forgiveness on offer

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Saskatchewan plans to clear a few new paths for veterinary technologists and veterinarians in training to take up work in underserved rural areas. The province on Tuesday announced the two-year registered veterinary technologist program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic will offer a distance delivery option, starting this fall, for vet techs to train in rural and remote
Chithra Karunakaran prepares a plant for imaging at the Canadian Light Source.
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Canadian Light Source aids agriculture projects

The synchrotron at Saskatoon is giving researchers a new view of old subjects

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Agriculture researchers facing difficult challenges might want to consider shining a light on their problems — a really bright light. The light in question is the Canadian Light Source, a synchrotron located at the campus of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Researcher Chithra Karunakaran spoke recently during a Zoom presentation hosted by the University of Manitoba.
Cows could soon have a new meal choice in chickpeas
Livestock, News

Cows could soon have a new meal choice in chickpeas

Identifying the best chickpea crops for cattle the goal of new research

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Chickpeas could soon find a new fan base: hungry cows. As chickpea production increases around the world, those crops not suitable for human consumption are being recycled into cattle feed as a partial replacement for soybean meal and cereal grains, according to a University of Saskatchewan researcher. Peiqiang Yu and his colleagues at the Canadian Light Source (CLS), based at the
Angela Bedard-Haughn, shown here delivering a TEDx Talk in Saskatoon in September 2019, becomes the University of Saskatchewan’s new dean of agriculture in August. (Video screengrab from Ted.com)

New dean of agriculture named for U of S

Soil science prof Angela Bedard-Haughn takes over Aug. 15

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One of Western Canada’s major post-secondary ag institutions will get a new hand at the wheel this summer. The University of Saskatchewan announced Wednesday it has named soil science professor Angela Bedard-Haughn as the dean for its College of Agriculture and Bioresources for a five-year term starting Aug. 15. Raised on a family farm in
“With AgriStability you are protecting a margin and it’s more coverage than you think.”
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The quest for a perfect farm safety net program

There’s a long list of plans that have come and gone

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The perfect farm income stabilization program is as elusive as utopia itself. But a lot of farmers say they would be happy if AgriStability’s payout trigger went back to an 85 per cent, instead of the current 70. But that would cost governments potentially a few hundred millions of dollars more, estimates University of Saskatchewan
New malt varieties are being developed that nearly match the yields of feed and that will create new interest in barley, says breeder Aaron Beattie.
Cereals, News

Wheat research coalition inks first major agreement

THE CWRC has committed over $9.6 million to the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan

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The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) has committed more than $9.6 million over five years to a ‘core breeding agreement’ with the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan. The funding will support the development of new spring wheat cultivars. The research dollars will increase field-based breeding activities, the disease nursery and disease

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