Alberta Barley scholarships awarded

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Published: July 15, 2014

Larisa Jancewicz, Laurel Perrott, and Alireza Akhavan, are the recipients of the first annual Alberta Barley scholarships.

Perrott is from Whitecourt, currently works as an agronomic adviser for Cargill in Vermilion, and is about to begin her master’s program at the University of Alberta. She will be researching intensive agronomic practices to maximize feed barley yields.

Jancewicz, from Calgary, is studying ruminant nutrition in her PhD program at the University of Saskatchewan at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge. She will examine the use of near infrared spectroscopy to track the efficiency of barley grain utilization in feedlot cattle.

Akhavan is originally from Iran and is studying barley pathology in his PhD program at the University of Alberta. His project will look at diversity in genetics, virulence and fungicide sensitivity of western Canadian net blotch populations.

“Their research has the ability to maximize the potential of barley and actively grow our industry,” said Alberta Barley chairman Matt Sawyer.

Each scholarship is worth $2,000.

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