Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News Archive

September 11, 2024 — 
Joanne Thiessen Martens, a University of Manitoba research scientist, has explored the performance of struvite-based fertilizer.

September 11, 2024 — 
Research reveals how bread helped transform the ancient world

September 10, 2024 — 
Our team is looking for Manitoban farmers willing to donate wheat samples from the 2023 or 2024 crop year.

September 6, 2024 — 
Standing on a patch of bare soil and next to a plot of corn in south-central Manitoba, Talyia Tober delivered a two-minute explanation of her research on corn grazing and seeding high-protein forage crops between the rows of corn.

September 5, 2024 — 
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Merit Awards. Merit Awards are awarded to faculty members for their outstanding achievements in teaching, research, scholarly work and creative activities, and service in three different categories.

September 3, 2024 — 
UM researcher and project lead, Dr. Martin Entz and team are studying net-zero farming systems.

August 27, 2024 — 
Most farm machinery manufacturers don’t seem to care much about soil health, say a number of soil scientists at the University of Manitoba.

August 27, 2024 — 
Pod-shatter tolerance in canola is a valuable trait to have if you want as much of your harvest as possible to reach the bin

August 26, 2024 — 
Professor Louis M. Lenz passed away on August 13, 2024, at the age of 91.

August 23, 2024 — 
A major study co-authored by UM Plant Science researcher Dr. Harmeet Chawla in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences is revealing the evolution and origin of bread.