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Prairie wheat commissions to collaborate on research funding

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 22, 2017

The Prairie provinces’ three wheat commissions are set to take a team approach to research funding through a new not-for-profit body. The Alberta Wheat Commission, Sask Wheat and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association on Tuesday announced the formation of the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) to “facilitate long-term investments aimed at improving profitability […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News, News Roundup

New Lacombe research abattoir in the works

Research: News Roundup from the June 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 5, 2017

The official start on a new abattoir and food safety laboratories for meat research will mark the Lacombe Research and Development Centre’s 110th year as a federal research facility. The new facility entered the detailed-design stage by May 1 but it will be 2019 before it is up and running to federal standards for harvesting […] Read more

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau in the House of Commons March 22. (Budget.gc.ca via YouTube)

General

Agrifood a pillar in federal budget’s ‘innovation’ plan

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 23, 2017

The federal government’s latest budget puts up Canada’s agrifood sector as one of six “key areas” to benefit from a new national “Innovation and Skills Plan.” Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Wednesday unveiled a budget projecting $330.2 billion in expenses in 2017-18 against budgetary revenues of $304.7 billion, for a $28.5 billion deficit. The […] Read more

Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

A global approach to research

Straight from the Hip with Brenda Schoepp

By Brenda Schoepp January 12, 2017

For many years our industry had yearned in the research world for what was called a systems approach: the transparent collection or series of projects toward an end with a strong tech transfer component. And now at the University of Calgary we have in motion the College of Discovery, Creativity and Innovation (CDCI) which exceeds […] Read more

Crops

7 tips for on-farm research tests

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 26, 2016

Is that shiny new product likely to work on your farm? To separate the heifer dust from the cream of the crop, farmers need to take a hard look at the research behind the marketing claims. John Heard, soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says the best way to learn about good research “is to[...]
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News, News Roundup

$1.7 million for Olds College research centre

Research: News Roundup from the October 3, 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 18, 2016

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced funding last month for the development of a new state-of-the-art research facility at the Olds College Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production (TAC). TAC will act as a technology training hub for regional livestock producers, as well as a research resource for students studying[...]
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Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Manitoba winter wheat in good shape

Group pushes for national wheat research strategy

By Jade Markus July 19, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada — Despite heavy rains throughout July, Manitoba’s winter wheat is in good condition moving into desiccation, the head of an industry group says. The Manitoba winter cereals group is also preparing for an upcoming government program by working alongside other Canadian wheat commissions. “Everybody is still pretty happy. The winter wheat can[...]
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Beef Cattle, Research

Conjugation, and what it means for antimicrobial resistance in livestock

By Reynold Bergen October 27, 2015

The federal government’s CIPARS program studies E. coli in healthy cattle entering packing plants and in retail ground beef. Its surveillance shows that resistance to antimicrobials of the highest importance in human health continues to be very rare in these samples, and multi-drug-resistant bacteria are even less common. The risk of consumers being exposed to[...]
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Crops, Reuters

Monsanto to shut three R+D centres next year

By P.J. Huffstutter October 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Agrichemical company Monsanto plans to shutter three research and development centers in 2016 with a loss of about 90 jobs, it said Monday, as it restructures operations to cut costs in a slumping agricultural commodity market. The centers are in Middleton, Wisconsin, and Mystic, Connecticut, both of which focus on seed[...]
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Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Proving the potential of probiotics in beef cattle

By Debbie Furber October 5, 2015

Caution is the word for now from an Alberta intestinal health research group on products claimed to have prebiotic or probiotic activity to promote health benefits for people and livestock. Use of these products won’t harm cattle or people. The worst that could happen from a production standpoint is that they will increase costs with[...]
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Tag Archives research

Prairie wheat commissions to collaborate on research funding

New Lacombe research abattoir in the works

Agrifood a pillar in federal budget’s ‘innovation’ plan

A global approach to research

7 tips for on-farm research tests

$1.7 million for Olds College research centre

Manitoba winter wheat in good shape

Conjugation, and what it means for antimicrobial resistance in livestock

Monsanto to shut three R+D centres next year

Proving the potential of probiotics in beef cattle

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