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By Alice McFarlane

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The federal government is providing financial support for 45 new projects related to more efficient grain drying technology.

The roughly $22 million will come from the Adoption Stream of the Agricultural Clean Technology Program.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the goal is to help the agricultural sector innovate and adopt clean technologies.

“This investment in more efficient grain drying technology will help to reduce the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions and leverage technology to be more resilient to climate change,” Bibeau said.

Geerts Farms at Kamsack, Sask. is receiving up to $2 million to purchase and install a new grain dryer and biomass boiler that is powered by locally sourced wood waste. The use of propane in the drying process will be eliminated completely.

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The federal program has now supported 99 grain dryer projects across the country, representing a total of more than $37.1 million.

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Vive Crop Protection said it has its first Canadian product registration with the introduction of a new fungicide.

Co-founder and CEO of Vive Crop Protection Dr. Darren Anderson said this has been several years in the making.

“We’ve been delivering Precision Chemistry solutions to the U.S. market since 2016. I couldn’t be prouder to bring the first of many new solutions to Canadian growers with the introduction of AZteroid FC3.3 fungicide,” Anderson said in a news release.

Growers can use the product in-furrow with their liquid fertilizers, micronutrients, and other crop inputs without clogged nozzles, lines, or filters.

Labeled for use on potatoes, the fungicide protects against Black scurf, Silver scurf, and Rhizoctonia diseases.

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Winnipeg stands to gain hundreds of jobs and tens of millions in federal funding after being chosen as the site of the new Canada Water Agency.

Plans for the federal agency are in the Liberal government’s new budget.

The $85 million will be spent over the next five years to create the agency, followed by $21 million in annual operational funding.

The government said it will introduce legislation before the end of the year to fully establish the agency.

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