Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 30, 2016
The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) is pleased to announce an investment of $720,625 in five research projects that will provide Western Canadian wheat farmers with innovative tools and solutions to improve crop performance and net profitability. AWC’s investment leverages an additional $622,625 from other funding partners.
Through these projects, farmers can look forward to new insights on management practices for hail damaged crops, advanced monitoring to better understand stripe rust in Western Canada, improved water use efficiency for better yield and drought tolerance, new, low-cost testing technology for mycotoxin detection, and new tools to improve wheat grain yield under normal and abiotic stress conditions.
“Investing in research is a key priority for AWC as it ensures farmers have access to tools and technology that will improve efficiencies, as well as innovative ways to solve some of the challenges we face during the growing season,” said Kevin Auch, AWC Chairman. “I look forward to seeing the results of these projects and extending the outcomes to farmers.”
The projects are taking place at a number of field research institutions in Alberta and Ontario. Projects are being funded through the Ag Funding Consortium (AFC), a partnership of 13 organizations that create a one-window approach to agricultural research and development funding in Alberta.
Other funding partners for these projects include the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRD), Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SWDC) and Alberta Innovates – Bio Solutions (AI Bio)
Producers can look forward to project updates for these projects through AWC and other funding partners, and are encouraged to visit albertawheat.com to learn more about other AWC-funded research investments. More information about these projects can be found in the backgrounder below.
The Alberta Wheat Commission is a producer-directed organization dedicated to improving the long-term profitability of Alberta’s 14,000 wheat producers. www.albertawheat.com
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