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New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee to Meet January 21, 2025

Jan 16, 2025

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In compliance with the Open Meetings Law, the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee gives notice that it will conduct a meeting on January 21, 2025, at 10:00 am.

The meeting will take place at the following locations:

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, 10B Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12235 – Orchard Conference Room
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, 581 State Fair Boulevard, Syracuse, NY 13209 – State Fairgrounds Agricultural Office
Dale Stein Location, 19484 Edgewater Drive, Port Charlotte, FL 33948
Hickling’s Fish Farm Inc., 219 Pitts Road, Edmeston, NY 13335
Online at https://meetny-gov.webex.com/meetny-gov/j.php?MTID=m2c6562aa421157d68e8c9a34e4ee05be

Meeting call-in number: 415-527-5035

Meeting access code: 2830 234 5809

If applicable, meeting materials intended for discussion during the meeting will be available at https://agriculture.ny.gov/soil-and-water/about-soil-water-conservation-committee.

A recording of the meeting will be made available after the meeting at https://agriculture.ny.gov/soil-and-water/about-soil-water-conservation-committee.

Source : ny.gov

Video: Developing disease resistance in new wheat varieties

Dr. Colin Hiebert, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Morden, is focused on developing new tools that wheat breeders can use to improve, diversify and strengthen disease resistance in new wheat varieties. This includes new genomic tools that address resistance to five diseases including: Fusarium head blight, leaf rust, stripe rust, stem rust and common bunt.

Learn more about how research conducted at AAFC-Morden will impact wheat variety development, production and profitability for the future. This research is part of the Canadian National Wheat Cluster and funding is provided through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Grains, Sask Wheat, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Western Grains Research Foundation and Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance.