WGRF News

“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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The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) announced today that they have renewed their long standing partnership in wheat and barley breeding WGRF will invest $20 million into wheat breeding and $14 million into barley breeding at AAFC Research…

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Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) and other producer commodity groups, Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is pleased to announce $16 million of new funding for 12 crop-related research projects      “The WGRF Endowment Fund is…

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