Federal and provincial agriculture ministers recently announced research funding of almost $550,000 for 66 producer-led projects in Saskatchewan.
The money was allocated under the Agricultural Demonstration of Practices and Technologies Program (ADOPT). The focus of this program is to help farmers test new methods and technologies to see how they work in their own regions.
Federal minister Gerry Ritz said the two governments have spent $2 million on ADOPT projects.
“The idea is to help producer groups kick the tires on new practices and new technologies such as the ones we see around us at the show today,” he said at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina June 22.
Saskatchewan minister Lyle Stewart said more than 75 producer groups have received funding for 267 projects since the program began in 2009.
A wide range of applicants received money, including a multi-species grazing project using meat goats and cattle to reduce brush and weeds, control of leafy spurge in the Moose Jaw River Watershed, onion production and more traditional evaluations of fertilizer use, seeding rates and chemical use.
