PrairiesCan funding will assist in the continued growth of Saskatchewan's ag research and manufacturing sectors.
Sask. agriculture sector receives federal funding
Funds through PrairiesCan will assist in the continued growth of the province’s ag research and manufacturing
Cattle water bowls hold insight into animal health, antimicrobial resistance
Swabbing cattle watering bowls used in genomic testing to find antimicrobial resistance and look for bovine respiratory disease
Reading Time: 4 minutes By sampling water bowls, researchers can monitor antimicrobial resistance and bovine respiratory disease in cattle, which is a faster and more efficient method than traditional individual animal testing.
Evolutionary origins of the potato revealed – and a tomato was involved
Study, which analyzed genomes from cultivated and wild potatoes, may improve future breeding
A new analysis of 450 genomes from cultivated potatoes and 56 genomes of wild potato species has revealed that the potato lineage originated through natural interbreeding between a wild tomato plant and a potato-like species in South America about 9 million years ago.
Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions
University of Saskatchewan researchers use field border mapping to collect data on yields, weeds
University of Saskatchewan researchers are using field border mapping to collect data on field variability, including problematic weeds, and to predict things like yields.
Farming Smarter receives financial boost from Alberta government for potato research
Farming Smarter one of 12 research associations receiving part of one-time $3.2 million capital grant
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in funding for research associations.
Applied research associations receive $3.2 million in provincial funding
One-time grant from Alberta government to help applied research associations upgrade equipment, facilities and infrastructure
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Government of Alberta announced a grant of $3.2 million avaiable to 12 applied reasearch associations in Alberta to upgrade equipment, facilities and infrastructure.
Alberta research facility gets new lease on life
County of Newell takes over Crop Diversification Centre South and hopes to attract dozens of tenants for the $100 million facility
Reading Time: 4 minutes The County of Newell will spend the summer revitalizing the Crop Diversification Centre South in Brooks, Alberta, after signing a 10-year lease for the facility.
McCain Foods looks for new processing potatoes
Company works with the Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbank variety
Reading Time: 2 minutes McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with the Farming Smarter Association, using one of its commercial plots to do a trial growing four varieties, using six treatments. Hopes are best management practices can be adopted that have better efficiencies, water fertility and pest and disease tolerances than the commonly grown Russet Burbank potato.
Farming Smarter receives financial boost from Alberta government for potato research
Farming Smarter one of 12 research associations getting part of one-time $3.2 million capital grant
Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in funding for research associations.
Government funding boosts beef cattle genetics research at University of Saskatchewan
A University of Saskatchewan project seeking to unlock the genetic potential of Canadian beef cattle has received a funding boost from the federal and provincial governments.
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