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WGRF Receives $4 million from Feds for Agronomy Research

Through the Canadian AgriScience Program – Clusters Component the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is receiving $4 million for agronomy research, an Aug. 15 news release said.

“Agronomic practices that support resilient and profitable crop production are vital to our sector and to Canada’s economy. This important research that will be done across the country through this cluster will help to give farmers better solutions to the agronomic challenges they face,” Lawrence MacAulay, federal minister of agriculture and agri-food, said in the release.

The WGRF research will focus on crop agronomy, the release said. WGRF has established six research priorities including weed management, disease management, insect pest management, plant nutrition, response to weather variability and climate change, and sustainable resource management.

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