Research

This project is made up of multiple sub-projects with multiple research and industry professional collaborating on a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach to understand crops response to extremes of moisture and how to mitigate yield loss. Read More

Most crops in the Prairies show substantial improvement in early season vigour, maturity and yield for placing P fertilizer in or near the seed row, especially when root growth and soil P availability is poor due to cold soils. However,… Read More

This project will measure corn response to phosphorus and zinc fertilizer when corn is grown after canola. Research has shown mycorrhizal associations with corn are key for corn to acquire sufficient phosphorus and zinc. Therefore, to compensate for the deterioration… Read More

The goal of this study was to obtain a selection of crop varieties (Wheat & Canola) more resilient to excess moisture, better understand the amount and timing of excess moisture as it affects growing crops, and take measurements of critical… Read More

Phytoglobins (PGBs) are animal-Like hemoglobins found in plants, and participate in plant response to biotic and abiotic stress. Increase Pgb levels in corn and soybeans exhibit tolerance o excess moisture and other stressors, while reduced Pgb levels showed that plants… Read More

Soil moisture levels fluctuate constantly and can increase dramatically with a single rainfall event. Soil moisture can vary greatly in small spatial areas such that near-drought levels can exist in topographic highs situated very closely to saturated conditions in topographic… Read More

This study looks at a long term study that began in 1992 that includes grain-based crop rotations in "annual only" and "perennial-annual" systems to establish soil water minitoring to assess the impacts long term rotations have on soild water dynamics.… Read More

This project consisted of two parts, an on farm experiment and a small plot experiment. In the on-farm experiment four fields prone to excess moisture were identified to establish if overwintering cover crops established in the fall will facilitate fall… Read More

On Manitoba farms, excess moisture can be the source of many challenges, including soil erosion, reduced field trafficability, reduced crop yield and quality and loss of farm income. This project aimed to help farmers to manage excess moisture by assessing… Read More

Given the large value of the farm investment in N fertilizer and expected returns to that investment, Manitoba wheat producers will receive financial benefits from optimizing fertilizer use on individual farms and fields. Read More

Currently evaluation of moisture resilience by variety is not available for producers, in spite of moisture being the most probable cause for yield reductions. This project will evaluate the performance of MCVET varieties under extreme moisture conditions. Read More

This project is a proof of concept for long-term potential development of new biodegradeable fungicides for field applications. Read More

This project will focus on improving efficiencies of dryers currently installed by producers in MB and used for the other crops represented by MCA. A combination of engineering analysis and field testing will be peformed to quantify grain dryer efficiences… Read More

This project will develop decision support tools that will help producers implement herbicide resistant management strategies and make informed decision about how their herbicide choices are affecting future management of their weed populations. Read More

Find new methods to control herbicide resistant wild oats and reducing losses associated with the challenge of herbicide resistance. Read More

This project aims to breed more resilient crop varieties in the face of water stress Read More

This project will evaluate microbial populations in Manitoba soils and develop linkages to determine the effect of crop management practices on the soil microbial community. This is an important step to develop soil health assessments suitable for Manitoba growing conditions. Read More

This project will create an additional tool to help growers manage weeds by improving the timing of weed control. Creating knowledge of the relationship between weed emergence timing, harvest timing and the impact of viable seed production will aid in… Read More

This project will evaluate the impact of using low ground pressure tractive systems as a method of mitigating soil compaction during field operations under wet soil conditions. Read More

This project covers the first three years of a larger project to determine the status of herbicide-resistant (HR) weeds in the Canadian prairies from 2019 to 2023. The project will use a series of provincial HR weed surveys to provide… Read More