By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday, May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024 | 4:33 PM

Saskatchewan students pursuing a post-secondary education in agriculture were awarded scholarships from the federal and provincial governments.

Marleigh Mann from Lloydminster was awarded $6,000 toward her studies as the grand prize recipient. Mann’s essay highlighted the future of sustainable agriculture, promoting innovation, adaptability and the overall vitality of the industry. Mann advocated for building public trust and transparency through educational opportunities such as farm tours and social media campaigns surrounding sustainable agricultural practices.

Mann sees the agriculture industry heading in a positive direction.

“I really believe agriculture is going to continue to thrive and I’ve already seen that in my own community,” Mann said. “We have a big world to feed and sustainable agriculture practices will keep getting better. The future certainly is bright.”

Clare Wever from Lloydminster, Katie Moyle from Hanley and Madalynn Anderson from Rosetown were all awarded $3,000 as the runners-up.

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The four recipients will be attending the University of Saskatchewan in the fall at the College of Agriculture and Bioresources. Their fields of study will range from animal health and welfare to agribusiness and agricultural sciences.

The Agriculture Student Scholarship is funded through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a five-year, $3.5 billion investment by Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments.

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Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is supporting the University of Manitoba (UM) by providing the funds for two essential technician positions.

For the last five years, two technicians have provided support for agronomic research. They have been involved in advancements in crop rotation management, tillage practices, cover crop integration, grain intercropping, soil health assessment, fertilizer management, and farm machinery innovation.

Over the next five years, the Long-Term Cropping Systems Technician will coordinate several long-term agronomic studies at UM. The Field Crops Research Technician will work with undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows in both Plant Science and Soil Science.

WGRF will provide over $835,000 for the positions through 2029.

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The $24.5 million project will see a group of companies work together to address some of the most pressing challenges facing their industry, including increased global competition, and consumers for taste and ingredient functionality.

Roquette, Prairie Fava, BioNeutra and Plant Up will build on their past success with both pea and fava to explore new fava-based ingredients and food products, while creating applications for pea starch and fibre.

Roquette, the project lead, will focus on improving the efficiency of pea processing and the development of new ingredients at their facility in Portage la Prairie, Man.

Prairie Fava will work with growers to increase fava bean acres, while working to improve dehulling technology development for current and new fava varieties.

From the Prairie Fava splits, Roquette will further process the dehulled fava to achieve high-performing fava protein isolates and co-products, diversifying from pea protein isolates and offering new ingredients to the global market.

Plant Up will also work towards the development of a pea and fava-based alternative chicken whole cut product. This would be the first North American whole cut plant-based chicken offering.

The second aspect of the project will see BioNeutra focus on evaluating domestic sources of starch, the co-product of processing pea flour to make pea protein.

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