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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News Archive

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Top Crop Manager: Investigating optimum plant spacing in wheat

March 28, 2025 — 
Research at the University of Manitoba looked into the Goldilocks moment for wheat row spacing and seeding rate: not too wide, not too narrow, but something just right.

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Adewunmi Giwa and Anne Manson, 3MT finalists from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

3MT finalists from Food and Human Nutritional Sciences explore human health challenges

March 27, 2025 — 
Two Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences graduate students will share their research at the Three Minute Thesis final event on April 1.

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Join us April 1 for the 2025 3MT finals event

March 24, 2025 — 
Meet the 2025 3MT© Finalists and don’t miss this exciting event tonight at 7 p.m., at the Robert B. Shultz Theatre in St John's College, Fort Garry campus.

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Cattle one a grassy hillside

Research and International

Healthy animals, healthy humans

March 20, 2025 — 
Dr. Hooman Derakhshani, Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, is exploring the natural gut microbiome, aiming to create the next generation of probiotics for livestock.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Volunteers needed for consumer survey

March 19, 2025 — 
Volunteers are needed for consumer survey assessing diet change in response to a health claim.

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Technician works on food manufacturing processes

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Food companies work with researchers to further innovation in Canada

March 19, 2025 — 
Small to medium-sized Canadian food manufacturers have leveraged a funding opportunity that helps access research and technical services at the University of Manitoba.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

$1.18 Million grant supports study on flaxseed and antihypertensive drugs

March 14, 2025 — 
Dr. Michel Aliani’s research aims to uncover how flaxseed, a common dietary supplement, could interact with antihypertensive drugs to help manage blood pressure more effectively.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

The Manitoban: Wheat breeding revolutionized by drone technology

March 13, 2025 — 
U of M researcher uses drone technology to enhance crop genetics and yield

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Remembering Dr. Al Loyns

March 4, 2025 — 
Dr. R.M.A (Al) Loyns, retired professor in the Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, passed away on February 15, 2025.

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Rolling agricultural fields.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Researchers, producers and industry come together for Canadian agricultural sustainability conference

March 2, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba plays host this week to Sustainability of Canadian Agriculture 2025, a free three-day virtual conference March 4-6

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