Research

This project aims to generate research-based information to support on-farm agronomic and farm management decisions by determining the effect of including soybean and field pea in Manitoba cropping systems on crop productivity and quality, diseases, soil health, nutrient cycling, and… Read More

The proposed research will help farmers and agricultural industry understand which herbicide active ingredients and usage scenarios remain effective for management of multiple-HR kochia. It will also help them understand how auxinic herbicide resistance in kochia is inherited, how quickly… Read More

This project will seek to determine the distribution and abundance of glyphosate resistant, or auxinic resistant kochia and other targeted weeds including Russian Thistle, waterhemp and ragweed species. Read More

This project will seek to understand issues and possibilities associated with the adoption of cover cropping in western Canada. Read More

The objective of the project is to complete the sixth set of weed surveys in the Prairie Provinces since the series of provincial surveys began in the mid 1970s. The survey provides information on the abundance and distribution of weed… Read More

This project will provide experience in economic analysis to at least 2 students every summer for which funding is provided. The economic analysis will focus on priority areas that meet qualifications for a thesis in Agribusiness or Agricultural Economics. Read More

We aim to provide producers with a control strategy to use in the fall, post-harvest, to rely on frost to kill seedlings, or preseed as part of a stale seedbed strategy with a herbicide. If wild oat and volunteer cereals… Read More

This project supports a new researcher in the Agribusiness department at the University of Manitoba. While supported by this funding program, the researcher will evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 and the identification of other potential disruptions to Manitoba and Canada's… Read More

Fertilizer Canada will work to facilitate the 2021 Fertilizer Use Survey, which will include the surveying of 500 wheat growers across Western Provinces. Fertilizer Canada and the participating wheat commissions will work together through the Fertilizer Use Survey Working Group… Read More