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By CKOM News Staff

Provincial government announces $11 million in ag research grants

Jan 14, 2020 | 5:35 PM

The Saskatchewan government has announced $11 million in research grants for agriculture.

The money will go to 47 different projects that deal with different farming issues.

David Marit, the province’s minister of agriculture, told Gormley on Tuesday that research is an investment into future economic development.

“(It’s vital) when you see what we’re doing here in the province of Saskatchewan, and we’re promoting it around the world,” Marit said. “Companies around the world are looking at environmental sustainability when they’re buying their products. They look at what we’re doing, and they like what we’re doing.

“So that’s why it’s very important for us, as a government, to do what we can to promote research.”

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He thinks the province has the necessary talent to continue making a difference in agricultural technology and techniques.

“We are attracting some of the brightest minds from around the world,” Marit said.

He gave a few examples of the types of projects being funded. One is tackling clubroot disease. Another is trying to improve wheat yields. There’s also a project trying to develop a canola seed that can be planted earlier in the growing season.