Research
Research On The Farm
Manitoba Crop Alliance’s Research on the Farm program conducts scientific research with farmer members – on their fields, with their own equipment. Farmers are involved in trial planning, establishment, treatment implementation and harvest.
Trials are managed with the support and guidance of agronomists and staff trained in conducting on-farm trials. Protocols are simple to implement and developed using questions from farmer members.
For more information, or to participate in the Research on the Farm program, please contact:
Madison Kostal
Research & Production Coordinator
Manitoba Crop Alliance
204-362-3679
madison@mbcropalliance.ca
Program Objectives
- Involve farmers in the scientific method, in collaboration with research specialists.
- Test new practices or products over a wide range of farming environments to guide management decisions.
- Ensure that protocols are simple and practical to implement.
- Determine whether a practice is effective or not through assessment of economic and/or environmental parameters.
Video: How the Research on The Farm Program benefits Manitoba producers
ROTF Protocols
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the agronomic and economic impacts of a reduced and an increased targeted plant stand of normal seeding rate in Winter Wheat.
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inactive
The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of a seed treatment on Barley.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the agronomic impacts of enhanced efficiency fertilizer usage on wheat for yield and grain quality.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of a fungicide treatment on Sunflower for control of Sclerotinia Head rot.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of seeding date on Spring Wheat.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the agronomic and economic impacts, in flax, of three different nitrogen rates in alternating strips across the field.
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inactive
The purpose of this project is to quantify the agronomic and economic impacts of three different flax seeding rates in alternating strips across the field
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of a fungicide treatment for pasmo on Flax
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of starter phosphorous in corn when planted into soils with high soil phosphorous levels.