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Projects funded under the new Canola AgriScience Cluster

Science Edition 2018—The Canola AgriScience Cluster is a partnership between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the canola industry under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Over a five-year period, this initiative will channel $20 million in public/private funding into six areas of research aimed at sustainably growing the canola industry. By helping to reduce production risk, improve yields, enhance...
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New grower-funded research projects

Science Edition 2018—

Canola growers across the Prairies fund dozens of research projects with their levy payments to Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, Alberta Canola Producers Commission and Manitoba Canola Growers Association. Many of those projects are funded through their joint Canola Agronomic Research Program (CARP). Other projects are funded through arrangements with other organizations listed in these summaries. The following is a list of all new projects announced or initiated in the past year.

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Research pays dividends

Science Edition - Research Pays Dividends
Science Edition 2017—All three of us are growers. We are also the research committee chairs for your provincial canola organizations. Wearing both of these hats, we have a responsibility to make sure the levy dollars you entrust to us are used wisely. We know that well-spent research investment provides a very good return on our levy payment....
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Banding N shows clear yield advantage with lower N rates

Science Edition - Completed Projects
Science Edition 2017—Key result: In this east-central Manitoba study comparing surface, shallow-band and deep band nitrogen applications, any yield effect from nitrogen losses were minimal when nitrogen was applied at 100 per cent of the recommended rate. Losses were still happening, but the N rate compensated. At 70 per cent of recommended rate, the yield-damaging effect of...
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