WGRF News

The Organic Science Cluster III (OSCIII) was announced earlier today by the Honourable Laurence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada The OCSIII cluster is being led by the Organic Federation of Canada (OFC) in collaboration with the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada…

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“WGRF is very proud to be leading the newly established Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster,” says Terry Young, WGRF Board Chair “The $63 million announced today by Minister MacAulay, combined with the investment from WGRF ($16 million), and other industry partners ($11 million) accounts for…

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WGRF held its Annual Members Meeting on April 5, 2018 in Calgary Alberta Garth Patterson, WGRF Executive Director, reported that WGRF successfully completed year one of its four-year transition plan (2017 to 2020) WGRF invested over $17 million into variety development, production and post…

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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 over $14 Million of new funding for 9 crop-related research projects “WGRF’s funding is about…

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The Midge Tolerant Wheat Stewardship Team has launched an online system to improve the Stewardship Agreement process for growers and retailers that will help to ensure continued protection of the midge tolerance gene The Midge Tolerant Wheat Stewardship Assurance Site (MTWSAS) is a secure,…

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