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:
Andrew Enns
Research & Production Coordinator
Manitoba Crop Alliance
andrew.enns@mbcropalliance.ca
Program Objectives
- Involve farmers in the scientific method, in collaboration with research specialists.Â
- Test new practices or products over a wide range of farming environments to guide management decisions.Â
- 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.
ROTF Protocols
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of Avian Control as a deterrent for Blackbirds in sunflower.Â
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of using a FHB fungicide on spring wheat.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the agronomic and economic impacts of new barley varieties released within the last 2 years.
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The purpose of this project is to compare the agronomic and economic impacts of new CWRS varieties that have been released within the last 2 years.
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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 and economic impacts of a reduced and an increased targeted plant stand of normal seeding rate in Winter Wheat.
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The purpose of this project is to quantify the impact of using a plant growth regulator on spring wheat.
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inactive
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.