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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.

Edmonton, Alberta — Buying “local” has become increasingly important to Canadians. However, in a country where temperatures can stay well below zero for half of the year, and amidst increasing concerns over the impact that recent climate events will have on the agricultural sector, producers are looking for ways to grow and supply Canadians with locally sourced fresh produce throughout the year.

Olds, Alberta – On August 10th, at the AgSmart technology demonstration and education exposition at Olds College, Dr. Clinton Dobson (RDAR Director of Research) and Mark Olson (President, Flokk Systems Inc) announced RDAR (Results Driven Agriculture Research) will be providing financial support to Flokk Systems to advance their work identifying factors that limit the digitization of Alberta cow/calf production, and to evaluate practical solutions to those limitations.

Edmonton, Alberta — Alberta’s Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), Alberta Beekeepers Commission and AGvisorPRO have agreed in principle to a pilot project to use the AGvisorPRO platform to assist in the dissemination of research results, for advice on deploying new information and implementing various technologies on-farm.

Edmonton, Alberta – Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) is investing $630,060 to support the collection of antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from Alberta and Canadian cattle feedlots. This study will improve animal health and antimicrobial stewardship by understanding AMU trends and guiding management practices in feedlots. The Alberta Beef Producers, Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Beef Cattle Research Council are also contributing funds to this project.

Edmonton, Alberta — Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) has invested funds in a collaborative project by Alberta’s producer-led Crop Sector Working Group (CSWG) and three major life-science companies. The novel water monitoring project will help ensure that farmers have access to innovative crop protection tools while upholding sound environmental stewardship. The project aims to gather scientific data to evaluate the effectiveness of wetland management practices in mitigating the movement of crop protection products into wetlands and aquatic ecosystems. RDAR’s funding contributions – of which $417,500 comes from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) – are valued at $750,000 over three-years.