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June 3, 2024 - Edmonton, AB – RDAR is delivering $2.2M to Livestock Gentec, in funding that is cost-shared by the federal and provincial governments under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. This investment will drive the adoption of tools that will improve the genetic selection of beef cattle and power economic and environmentally positive changes within Alberta’s livestock sector.
A project to increase the use of data in cow-calf operation decision-making has brought together organizations and researchers from across the sector.
The Whole Sounder Trapping Incentive Program ended March 31, 2024 bringing the modified bounty component of the program to a close (the Ear Bounty Program ended March 31, 2023). For farmers experiencing wild boar damage to their fields, wild boar are included in the AFSC Wildlife Damage Compensation Program.
Field tests across the Prairies have identified a new star in the world of forage barley: AB Maximizer.
May 6, 2024 - Edmonton, Alberta - Plot2Farm, an initiative led by Alberta Grains, has been granted $250,000 to deliver on-farm demonstrations and educational outreach to help wheat and barley producers improve agronomic practices.
May 2, 2024 - Edmonton, Alberta - As drought conditions persist, Altario school, an agricultural academy school of excellence nestled right on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, is spearheading an initiative to answer if an indoor hydroponic system can provide consistent, year-round, affordable and nutrient-rich feed for cattle.
Recent reports coming out of the U.S. of avian influenza virus (H5N1) being found in cattle has been garnering attention. First noted in mid-March as a “mystery illness” when a handful of dairy farms saw a drop in milk production and low appetite amongst some of their herd, traction on this story has grown as additional states began reporting cases.
Sometimes experiments succeed not because they go as expected but because they defy expectations. And, sometimes, the results are delicious. This was the case in 2022, when a project at NAIT’s Applied Research Centre for Culinary Innovation to flavour plant-based meat left researchers wanting. The team inoculated Alberta-grown pulses – legumes and beans – with a fungus called koji to make miso, a highly versatile ingredient traditionally made from soy.
April 8, 2024 – RDAR is investing $2 million to relaunch the Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) as a new not-for-profit corporation, named Western Crop Innovations (WCI). WCI will focus on barley breeding and agronomy research.