Research
Making every Manitoba Farmer member more productive and sustainable
Manitoba Crop Alliance’s research program invests in research that will make every Manitoba farmer member more productive and sustainable, providing data to help members make decisions for their operations. Investments will be made towards meaningful, independent research and valuable knowledge as outlined in our strategic plan.
Our research priorities are identified each year by our farmer-led crop committees. MCA has four crop committees: wheat & barley, flax, sunflower and corn.
We address identified research priorities through collaboration in provincial and federal funding programs, and internal funding programs such as our Whole Farm Research program. In addition, we lead a Research on the Farm program and support numerous variety evaluation trials (e.g., Manitoba Corn Committee, Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team, Sunflower Variety Performance Trials), which provide unique opportunities for the creation of sound data that can help farmers make informed decisions for their operations.
We take pride in the role farmer members play in identifying research priorities and initiatives. If you are interested in contributing to discussions about research that could impact your farm, consider becoming a crop committee delegate!
General MCA research priorities include:
- Variety development and genetic enhancement
- Applied agronomy
- Disease and pest management
- Crop quality
- Economics and farm profitability
- Value-add opportunities
Crop Specific Research
Select a crop below to view all related research projects.
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
Row spacing is an important agronomic management practice for corn production. Although the standard row spacing for corn is 30 inches, studies in the US and Ontario have identified corn hybrid responses to narrow, wide, and twined rows. Given the… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
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
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
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
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
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
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
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
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
In Manitoba, corn is being grown in rotation with canola, spring wheat, soybeans, corn, and other crops. This range of crops is different and often more diverse than in other corn growing regions of Ontario and the US. In order… Read More
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Start Date: 2019
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Completion Date: 2022
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Project Status: Completed
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
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Start Date: 2019
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Completion Date: 2022
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Project Status: Completed
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
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Start Date: 2019
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Completion Date: 2022
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Project Status: Completed
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