Livestock and forage research receives funding
MELFORT, Sask. – Livestock and forage research projects will receive $7.5 million from the federal and provincial governments and supporting partners.
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said $4.1 million will go to 24 livestock and forage-related research and roughly $3.5 million is for operational funding for the Prairie Swine Centre and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).
“This year’s projects will explore topics such as water quality, cost of production, diagnostics supports, animal health, forage production, quality and breeding,” Marit said.
In one project Dr. Murray Jelinski, a professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Sask. will use watering bowls to study antimicrobial resistance.