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Flax research projects get $6M support
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The Flax Council of Canada is receiving up to $5.9 million Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to help create new flax varieties and develop an improved method for flax seed testing. The funding will go towards two initiatives:…
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Dairy research cluster created with $8.7M in funding
February 22, 2010 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Funding of $8.7 million is being provided by the federal government to help the dairy industry create a cluster of scientific and technical expertise to study the health benefits of dairy products and ways to improve animal…
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Fresh varieties of apples, cherries to be developed with $2.3M funding
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Kelowna, BC – The Okanagan Plant Improvement Corporation is receiving up to $2.3 million from the federal government to enhance and accelerate the commercialization of new high-quality varieties of apples and sweet cherries. The funding will support the development of…
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New appointments at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
February 1, 2010 by Lab Canada Vineland, ON – The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has announced five new appointments, which are: – Michael Kauzlaric, horticulture technology scout– Travis Banks, research scientist, bioinformatics– Dr Rumen Conev, research scientist, plant breeding– Dr Ben Campbell, research scientist, horticulture…
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Next-generation biofuels project receives $5.5M funding
January 18, 2010 by Lab Canada Waterdown, ON – A technology that could allow biofuels producers to increase both their profitability and competitiveness has received $5.5 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). The project, led by SunOpta BioProcess, will involve the construction of…
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Sunflower genome holds the promise of sustainable agriculture
January 18, 2010 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – As agricultural land becomes increasingly valuable, the need to maximize its utilization increases and decisions about what crops to plant and where, become paramount. The sunflower family is the only one of a handful of economically important…
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$3.2M awarded to crop research projects
January 18, 2010 by Lab Canada Regina, SK – More than $3.2 million in funding is being provided by Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) for 23 crop-related research projects. In addition to this funding, the provincial government is continuing to provide $1 million in annual operational…
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$1.5M funding supports grape research
December 21, 2009 by Lab Canada St Catherines, ON – Funding of $1.5 million has been announced by the federal government to support research led by the Grape Growers of Ontario. Over the next five years, Grape Growers of Ontario will work with Brock University’s Cool…
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Unconventional crop could sprout new industry
November 16, 2009 by Lab Canada Vegreville, AB – As combines mowed farmers’ fields across Canadian prairies this fall, there was a scene near Edmonton right out of a time warp: a crew of workers using their hands to harvest plants. They were taking down three-metre-tall…
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Plant genome projects get $2.4M in funding
October 23, 2009 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – Four Genome Prairie research projects have received a total of $2.4 million in funding from Saskatchewan’s ministry of agriculture. The projects include flax genomics and the commercialization of agricultural products. Funding for the flax project, called Total…
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Flax and biofuels projects attract $ 1.7M in funding
October 5, 2009 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Genome Prairie project, the Microbial Genomics for Biofuels and Co-Products from Biorefining Processes (MGB2), has received $1.3 million in funding, and another Genome Prairie project, Total Utilization of Flax Genomics (TUFGEN), has received $375,000 in funding, both…
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