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Carmen Research Farm

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Doors open on new facility at Carman research farm

November 23, 2023 — 
The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences celebrated the grand opening of a new facility at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm in Carman, MB last week.

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Poppy

Winnipeg Free Press: Praise for the poppy, paying tribute to this powerful symbol of Remembrance

November 11, 2023 — 
Winnipeg Free Press: Praise for the poppy, paying tribute to this powerful symbol of Remembrance

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A hand moves a sample under a microscope

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Faculty researchers tackle projects thanks to federal funds

September 5, 2023 — 
Researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences received grants worth over $1.1 million in 2023 from the Government of Canada

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Canola field

UM’s gift to the world: Canola

July 27, 2023 — 
Looking back at the inaugural inductee of Innovation Plaza, Baldur Stefansson

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soybean field plots

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

UM Agronomist-in-Residence to continue critical research on pulse and soybeans

June 22, 2023 — 
Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers is pleased to announce the renewal of their partnership with the University of Manitoba to continue the applied research position.

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Dr. Belay Ayele

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Pre-harvest sprouting research at UM enhanced with equipment support

June 13, 2023 — 
Dr. Belay Ayele’s UM research program has been supported by Manitoba Crop Alliance, most recently with the purchase of a Falling Number machine.

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Cattle graze in a field

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Cattle Country: Sustainable Agriculture – Exploring Net Zero, Indigenous Agriculture, Biodiversity

May 24, 2023 — 
The following article was written by Peter Frohlich, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), University of Manitoba. It was originally published in Cattle Country in May 2023.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Remembering Dr. Ed Larter

May 15, 2023 — 
Dr. Edward (Ed) Nathan Larter, retired professor emeritus in the Department of Plant Science, passed away on May 9, 2023.

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Two students sitting on a fallen tree in the forest doing school work

Eight UM courses that’ll get you hands-on with climate change and make you a better Earth citizen 

April 19, 2023 — 
So you want to be a better Earth citizen. Good. We have a course for that. Lots of them, really.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Better Farming Prairie: Reading FHB Resistance Ratings

January 6, 2023 — 
UM research not only assists in assessing Fusarium head blight but helps guide breeding programs towards FHB resistance.

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