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(Photo: Wheat breeder and professor Dean Spaner, foreground, and members of the wheat breeding research team at the U of A) WGRF Invests $800,000 for U of A Wheat Breeding The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Agricultural, life &…

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The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) welcomed five new directors at its Annual Meeting in Winnipeg on March 8th Graeme Manness of Domain MB replaced Gerrid Gust as the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association nominee Glenn Tait of North Battleford SK replaced Bill Gehl as the…

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“The research tax credit rates for producers who contributed to the western wheat and barley check-offs in 2015 are: 74% for wheat and 73% for barley,” says Garth Patterson, Executive Director of the Western Grains Research Foundation The federal government’s Canada Revenue Agency…

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The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre (CDC) announced today that they have renewed their long standing partnership in wheat breeding WGRF will invest $52 million into the wheat breeding program at the Crop Development Centre…

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The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and the University of Manitoba announced today that they have renewed their partnership in wheat breeding WGRF will invest $19 million over five years into Dr Anita Brûlé-Babel’s winter wheat breeding program and the fusarium head blight (FHB)…

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