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More Grower-funded research projects

Science Edition - Ongoing Projects

Canola growers across the Prairies fund dozens of research projects with their levy payments to the 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), which has been going for almost 30 years. Other projects are funded through arrangements with other organizations listed in these summaries. Here are short descriptions and updates for ongoing projects directly funded by provincial canola grower organizations. See below for an explanation of all abbreviations.

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Growers pay for third-party variety comparisons

Science Edition - Research Driven
Canola Performance Trials compare leading canola varieties in small-plot and field-scale trials. What growers get from this is independent, third-party data on new and familiar canola varieties – essential information in making variety choices. Alberta Canola, SaskCanola and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association fund the program, along with contributions from the British Columbia Grain Producers...
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Manitoba’s PSI Lab to ID more diseases, specific races

Science Edition - Research Driven
Manitoba’s Pest Surveillance Initiative (PSI) Lab, a grower-led laboratory established to help growers better manage pest threats as they emerge, continues to grow its ability to move lab research off the bench and into growers’ hands. The focus remains on ‘what is in the environment’ – helping Manitoba growers identify and track the pests in...
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Ultimate Canola Challenge: Does more N pay?

Science Edition - Research Driven
  The Ultimate Canola Challenge, brainchild of the Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists, has the objective to challenge growers to obtain higher yields and profitability. What started out as small-plot research has evolved into on-farm testing of new products and practices so growers can test new ideas on their farm. For 2016 and 2017,...
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The Editor's Desk

Tastes change

knife and fork with canola blossom
Pork supply in Japan was 2.17 kg per person per year in 1961. (I know pork isn’t canola, but stay with me.) Pork supply in Japan rose steadily over the next 50 years to 20.51 in 2011. The rapid adoption of pork into the diet was even more dramatic in China, going from 2.36 to...
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