SaskCanola Commits $836,227 to 7 New Research Projects
January 10, 2024 - Today, Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced a total of $14.7 million to support crop-related research in 2024. Invested through Saskatchewan's Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) and the Strategic Research Initiative (SRI) under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), the commitment includes $12.2 million for 56 ADF research projects and $2.5 million to support an SRI project identifying solutions to manage root rot in pea and lentils. Click here to read the full news release.
In part, SaskCanola is proud to announce its commitment of $836,227 to support 7 new research projects over the next 5 years under the Sask ADF.
The diverse range of canola research projects funded through ADF includes:
Jeff Schoenau, U of S – Land Application of Spent Filtration Earth from Canola Oil Production to Improve Soil Properties ($45,310)
Steve Robinson, AAFC – Innovations to control troublesome weeds ($82,875)
Charles Geddes, AAFC – Understanding, mitigating, and managing PPO inhibitor (Group 14)-resistant kochia ($30,000)
Harmeet Chawla, U of M – Marker development and establishment of qPCR-based screening for verticillium stripe disease in Canola ($129,375)
Mark Smith, AAFC – Identifying new genetic resources to optimize the canola oil profile ($127,600)
Sean Prager, UofS – Studying Sclerotinia sclerotiorum-infecting viruses collected from Saskatchewan for their potential role in disease control ($313,375)
Rex Newkirk, UofS – Development of a Co-Extruded Canola Meal and Pea Starch Product to Replace Dietary Soybean Meal ($107,692)
To view currently funded SaskCanola research project results, visit Research Results — SaskCanola.
SaskCanola is a producer-led organization, established in 1991 and supported by 17,000 levy-paying Saskatchewan canola producers. SaskCanola’s mandate is to provide value to canola producers through research, advocacy, and market development.
For more information, contact:
Ellen Grueter, Communications Manager
egrueter@saskcanola.com
(306) 975-0262