Each grower dollar Alberta Canola contributed to research for 2024 was matched by an additional $4.50 from research partners and programs. To help identify research priorities, attend the Alberta Canola Conference and Research Symposium, January 22-23 in Red Deer.
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SaskOilseeds is recruiting farmers to participate in its on-farm research trials program in 2025. Each year, SaskOilseeds awards two-year scholarships to graduate students conducting research related to canola or flax. Recipients for this year are Cresilda Alinapon and Kate Sauser.
Manitoba Canola Growers invests research dollars in two major programs – on-farm research and canola variety evaluation trials. On-farm trials for 2024 included seeding rate, nitrogen rate, seed-placed fertilizer toxicity, phosphorus sources, and cover crops to manage flea beetles.
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15 years of oil and meal research
Canola oil and canola meal research has been funded in part by the Government of Canada under several frameworks of research funding along with the provincial canola grower groups and the Canola Council of Canada. In this quick review, Shaunda Durance-Tod, CanolaInfo manager for the Canola Council of Canada, and Essi Evans, livestock nutrition specialist, highlight influential oil and meal research projects.
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Reaching out to Indigenous farmers
Breanna Miller and Jay Whetter, two Canola Council of Canada employees, spent the day on a National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF) tour in August. They made a short presentation about canola and spent the rest of the day connecting with Indigenous farmers and National Circle staff.