Ag-research receives $8.3 million commitment

The federal and provincial governments have made a big investment into agriculture research in Saskatchewan.

Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart have announced $6.3 million in funding for 24 livestock and forage-related research projects through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF).

In addition, the governments are committing $2 million over two years through ADF to the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LCFE) at the University of Saskatchewan to support operations and ongoing research.  

“Investing in research and innovation helps us ensure that Saskatchewan remain a competitive and world-class agricultural research hub. Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers benefit from the knowledge and tools developed by this research,” Stewart said.

This year’s projects include researching new vaccine strategies to help prevent pink eye, which will help mitigate significant economic costs to Saskatchewan cattle producers as well as reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance.  Another research project aims to provide on more information on the integration of DNA paternity and genomic program information that will help beef producers make better breeding decisions.

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Several industry groups provided additional funding for the projects. The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association, the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, SaskMilk and the Saskatchewan Forage Development Commission committed $186,500.

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