Plot research on a microbial biostimulant at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives’ farm points to modest yield advantages for growers, though field variations may sway the data. Further study is planned.
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EcoTea microbial soil treatment gets stress-tested at MBFI
EcoTea biostimulant was applied to cereal forage crops at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives north of Brandon this year, with some initially good results
On-farm research translates science into ‘farmer speak’
On Farm Research Network program’s field-scale plots give commercial acumen to raw research and small-plot studies
Manitoba’s three major agriculture grower groups support farm-level research to test crop science under the shifting conditions of real farmer fields.
Mechanical innovation helps keep up with genetic testing speed
Glacier FarmMedia – Seed companies are working on mechanical innovations to keep up with the speed of genetic technology change. Millions of data points are created by genome-level analysis. That data is then parsed by computers that often use artificial intelligence. The limit is now the physical world and the race is on to automate […] Read more
Research centre in southern Sask. can do it all
A land base that mimics farming reality allows the South East Research Farm to conduct trials in a variety of conditions
REDVERS, Sask.— The South East Research Farm didn’t locate itself on the most easily farmable land. There are potholes and sloughs and saline patches. The land is undulating and rolling, unlike the stereotypical image of pancake-flat Saskatchewan farmland. Related story: Major U.S. research project conducted in southern Sask. That’s given it a unique set of […] Read more
