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Québec ag minister announces $1M for horticultural innovation

On August 26, André Lamontagne announced investments totaling more than $1 million to accelerate the adoption of innovative agricultural technologies by Quebec horticultural companies.

The objective is to offer producers in the market gardening sector and the strawberry and raspberry, greenhouse, apple and potato sectors concrete technological solutions, such as robots, automated tools or intelligent sensors, to respond to their challenges related to climate change, the environment and labour scarcity. These solutions will ultimately increase the competitiveness and productivity of agricultural businesses.

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Economic Growth: Advancing Canadian Eastern Soft Red Winter & Canadian Eastern Hard Red Winter Wheat

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Researchers from the University of Guelph and Centre de Recherche Sur Les Grains (CÉROM) discuss their wheat research projects funded under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership AgriScience Program. This research focuses on advancing Canadian Eastern Soft Red Winter (CESRW) and Canadian Eastern Hard Red Winter (CEHRW) wheat breeding for Eastern Canada.