Faculty of Agriculture and food science News Archive
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Top Crop Manager: Managing insects in grain storage
November 20, 2025 —
Temperature matters when it comes to insect management.
Research and International
Student research takes centre stage at 2025 Undergraduate Research Showcase
October 21, 2025 —
More than 150 students shared their research findings with the wider UM community at the Undergraduate Research Showcase.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Moose Jaw Today: Verticillium disease discovery, UM doctoral student
August 19, 2025 —
University of Manitoba doctoral student, Shruti Kashyap, is studying early-season moisture as it relates to verticillium disease severity. That led to the discovery that plants with thick suberin-rich roots had lower disease. Kashyap worked with her advisors, Claudio Stasolla and Harmeet Chawla, Plant Science professors in the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
The Western Producer: More cash needed for trade offices: farm group
April 30, 2025 —
Canadian businesses make trade transactions, but Grain Growers of Canada says government can be a facilitator
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
The Globe and Mail: Canola farmers feel their livelihoods are being sacrificed to save the auto industry
March 28, 2025 —
Canola farmers feel their livelihoods are being sacrificed to save the auto industry
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
NOW Toronto: GTA woman finds cockroach floating in her Tim Hortons coffee, bug expert warns of health risks
March 18, 2025 —
An entomology professor says that cockroaches carry several gastrointestinal illnesses after a Markham woman discovered one in her iced coffee from Tim Hortons.
Research and International
UM researchers receive more than $1.5 million infrastructure investment from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund
September 26, 2024 —
Eight new UM research project have received critical infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Irish Examiner: 11 things science says you can eat and drink to help avoid high blood pressure
August 9, 2024 —
UM research around Kidney beans is cited in this round-up article by the Irish Examiner and the how science research is helping people to avoid high blood pressure.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Winnipeg Free Press: Filling farm fertilizer footprint
June 18, 2024 —
Filling farm fertilizer footprint