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Ag in the Classroom Manitoba launches Foundations of Agriculture Virtual Resource Hub

Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba (AITC-M) kicked off Farm and Food Awareness Week on September 19th with the launch of the Foundations of Agriculture Virtual Resource Hub.

Targeting all students from grades K-12, Foundations of Manitoba Agriculture is a series of interactive courses and information sheets that invite teachers and students to explore 18 different crops grown and animals raised in Manitoba - connecting what they eat to the journey their food takes to get from farm to plate.

"Teachers were saying to us that they're more and more disconnected from the farm and they just didn't feel super comfortable sometimes trying to talk about agriculture and so that's really why we created this resource was to help teachers become more comfortable talking about ag. We went a little bit further, making sure that it worked for all students," said Clayton.

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WEBINAR: Protecting Sm1: New Research on Wheat Midge Resistance with Dr. Tyler Wist

Video: WEBINAR: Protecting Sm1: New Research on Wheat Midge Resistance with Dr. Tyler Wist

Watch Dr. Tyler Wist, Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon as he shared insights into his funded wheat research project under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership. This funded research targets wheat midge and its parasitoids across the western Canadian Prairies. Funding from a previous CAP resulted in the discovery of a mechanism behind oviposition deterrence (preventing insects from laying eggs) in several wheat varieties. Through ongoing surveying, Dr. Wist and his team are determining what factors impact where wheat midge lay eggs and what varieties have better genetic response to wheat midge pressure. Dr. Wist shared how his research will dig into continued breeding initiatives, and what additional control methods are being produced beyond the Sm1 gene.

•Funding Partners:

•Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership

•Government of Canada

•Alberta Grains

•Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance

•Manitoba Crop Alliance

•Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission

•Western Grains Research Foundation