Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) and other producer commodity groups, Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) announces $1.6 million of new funding for 12 crop-related research projects._x000D_
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“The WGRF Endowment Fund is used to fund crop research projects that benefit producers,” says WGRF board chair Dave Sefton. “Leveraging other funds has always been an important approach to help make our producer dollars go further. I would like to applaud the Government of Saskatchewan and the other producer groups for their partnership in funding crop research projects that will benefit western Canadian farmers.”_x000D_
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Some of the projects approved for funding include: the screening and management of fusarium head blight in wheat and barley, enhancing the durability of clubroot resistance in canola, improving faba bean, pea and alfalfa varieties, investigating optimal inputs for management of flax, and quantifying the contribution of pulse crop residues to GHG emissions._x000D_
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A full listing of these newly-approved projects will be posted on the WGRF website once research contracts are signed._x000D_
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“WGRF celebrates its 35th anniversary this year,” says Garth Patterson, WGRF executive director. “One of our strengths as an organization has been the ability to build strong collaborative relationships, like this one between ADF and producer groups. This funding process makes better use of everyone’s expertise and research dollars, at the end of the day increasing the number of projects that can improve agricultural systems, technology and agronomic practices.”
