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The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) Endowment Fund is pleased to announce that a Graduate Scholarship has been established Starting in June of 2011 WGRF will be providing $100,000 a year towards Graduate Scholarships at the three prairie university This Scholarship will help and…

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The federal government annually provides a Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit to producers offering them money back on their check-off investments The tax credit percentage for producers who contributed to the Wheat and Barley Check-off (administered by the…

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Today, the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) received a $1 million investment from Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) for the College of Agriculture and Bioresources’ Phytotron Renewal Project The phytotron is an indispensable tool in plant and soil science research and teaching in the…

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In Canada, the presence of fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) is used for grading wheat The level of FDK also provides an indication of mycotoxin contamination resulting from Fusarium graminearum, the main causal agent of fusarium head blight Recent research results indicate a new strain of F…

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