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MFGA holds Regenerative Agriculture Conference

There's still time to register for the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association's 2023 Regenerative Agriculture Conference.

The event runs November 13th to 15th in Brandon and features international and national speakers, local producer panels, and a tradeshow. 

This year's theme is "Building Your Legacy" and includes a variety of topics.

The conference covers everything from shifting our minds to shape tomorrow,  to connecting soil health and human health, 
pollinators and prairie landscapes, beef and bees, organic dairy operations, as well as the power and potential of regenerative agriculture.

The early bird registration deadline has been extended to Friday, October 6th.

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Developing disease resistance in new wheat varieties

Video: Developing disease resistance in new wheat varieties


Dr. Colin Hiebert, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Morden, is focused on developing new tools that wheat breeders can use to improve, diversify and strengthen disease resistance in new wheat varieties. This includes new genomic tools that address resistance to five diseases including: Fusarium head blight, leaf rust, stripe rust, stem rust and common bunt.

Learn more about how research conducted at AAFC-Morden will impact wheat variety development, production and profitability for the future. This research is part of the Canadian National Wheat Cluster and funding is provided through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Grains, Sask Wheat, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Western Grains Research Foundation and Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance.