Martin Zuidhof and Valerie Carney (both Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) are supporting innovation adoption in the Alberta poultry industry.
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CWRC commits $2 million to University Of Alberta’s wheat breeding program
The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition commits $2 million over five years toward a core breeding agreement with the U of A. The investment funds research with the U of A’s wheat breeding program. Researcher Lead Dean Spaner (Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) comments.
U of A’s innovative wheat-breeding program gets $2M funding boost
Research lead Dean Spaner (Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) says a five-year agreement with Canadian Wheat Research Coalition will support development of new varieties of earlier-maturing, higher-yielding wheat for Western Canadian growers.
U of A researchers have been awarded $2.89M to study ways of changing waste into jet fuel
David Bressler (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) discusses his research on converting waste fats and oils from the agricultural and forestry sectors into renewable fuels.
Project to make jet fuel from waste fats, oils gets big financial lift from federal government
A group led by David Bressler (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) has received a $2.89-million grant from Natural Resources Canada. The group has been working on a project to convert renewable materials—which are often already turned into biodiesel fuel—into fuel that can be used by jet…
Project to create jet fuel from biowaste gets federal funding boost
David Bressler’s (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) innovative research to create renewable biofuels from waste fats and oils is powering an industrial project that received nearly $3 million in new federal funding.
ALES researcher receives new funding from the Alberta Innovates Graduate Fellowship in Health Innovation.
MD Monirujjaman (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) is one of six to receive new funding from the Alberta Innovates Graduate Fellowship in Health Innovation.
U of A ag research receives WGRF funding
Dean Spaner (Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science) leads a wheat breeding program that has received $288,550 through the Western Grains Research Foundation. The program also “conducts research into genetics of disease resistance, nitrogen-use efficiency in wheat, and supports other…
The Western Grains Research Foundation Approves $288,550 for Equipment at the University of Alberta
As part of its $32 million Capacity Initiative, WGRF is pleased to announce a $288,550 investment in the Wheat Breeding Program (WBP) at the University of Alberta for a research plot seeder and combine.
Research programs to support agricultural innovation transferred to U of A
Some key provincial research programs are being transferred to the University of Alberta and will be funded by an arms-length non-profit company.
The agreement between Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and the university was announced on Monday.