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New Technologies Available For Plant Breeders

 
A wheat breeder out of Saskatchewan says there a number of new plant breeding technologies hitting the field.
 
Dr. Curtis Pozniak is a wheat breeder at the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.
 
He discussed the topic this week at Manitoba Ag Days.
 
“Over the last several years we've seen changes in technologies that are helping to improve the efficiency of our breeding programs," explained Pozniak. "Things like DNA testing to actually predict phenotype of some traits like resistance versus susceptibility of a particular disease.”
 
Pozniak notes that even with the advancement in technology, breeders are still needed out in the field.
 
Source : Steinbachonline

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Welcome to the conclusion of the Getting Through Drought series, where we look at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up their resiliency against drought.

Our hope is that the series can help with the mental health issues the agriculture sector is grappling with right now. Farming and ranching are stressful businesses, but that’s brought to a whole new level when drought hits. By equipping cow-calf producers with information and words of advice from colleagues and peers in the sector on the best ways to get through a drought, things might not be as stressful in the next drought. Things might not look so bleak either.

In this final episode of the series, we are talking to Ralph Thrall of McIntyre Ranch who shares with us his experience managing grass and cows in a pretty dry part of the province.