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Edmonton, AB – A growing research partnership between Lethbridge College and Southern Irrigation will provide valuable insight that could help producers maximize their crop production. The college and Southern Irrigation are studying the opportunities created by subsurface drip fertigation (SDF), a method that applies water and fertilizer directly to the rootzones of plants through a series of pipes.

Edmonton, Alberta – The three Prairie, provincial canola grower associations have evaluated and selected 14 new canola research projects to receive funding under the Canola Agronomic Research Program (CARP) in 2022. This investment includes over $1.6 million from Alberta Canola, SaskCanola and Manitoba Canola Growers, as well as matching funds of over $1 million from the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and $450,000 contributed from Results Driven Agricultural Research (RDAR). The total investment into 2022 CARP projects is over $3.2 million.

Edmonton, Alberta – The Pasture Rejuvenation Project (PRP) collaborative team is very excited to have been awarded $601,413 in total funding that will provide producers with low-cost methods to improve hay and pasture longevity, as well as improve overall soil health.

Edmonton, Alberta — RDAR (Results Driven Agriculture Research) has invested $432,000 in a transdisciplinary research project to study Invasive wild pigs and the potential spread of infectious diseases across Alberta. The expansive research team, led by University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine professor Dr. Matthieu Pruvot, includes researchers from Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and industry partners from Alberta Pork and Alberta Beef Producers.

Edmonton, Alberta – Human and animal health are interdependent and intrinsically linked to the health of the ecosystem we share. As pollinators, bees contribute to the health and vitality of many agricultural crop ecosystems that feed us all.

Edmonton, Alberta – On February 22, 2022, Canada’s Agriculture Day, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau announced a new $185M Fund – the Agricultural Climate Solutions On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF). 

Edmonton, Alberta — Alberta will soon have a new, high-capacity pulse processing (fractionation) plant. The More Than Protein Ingredients plant located near Bowden, Alberta is under construction at the cost of $100 million, and will power Alberta to become a leading processor and refiner of pulse-crop products. The Bowden facility will be operational in 2023 and will employ over 100 people.

Edmonton, Alberta — Results Driven Agriculture Research will invest a total of $521,000 into two critical Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) projects led by researchers from the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. These research projects will focus on understanding and addressing the spread of CWD.

Edmonton, AB — Soil nutrient industry leader Fertilizer Canada and Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) have come together with matching investments of $257,272 towards a soil health project that will provide Alberta grain, forage, and crop producers with tangible results realized at the farm gate.

Edmonton, Alberta — The Poultry Innovation Partnership (PIP) has been awarded $400,000 by Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) to develop a technology transfer ecosystem to support innovation adoption in the Alberta poultry industry.