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OFVC gears up for live event

The Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Convention returns to Niagara Falls for February 22-23, 2023, anticipating a big crowd for the live event. The highlights brochure contains all the details for special events – Ontario Cider Competition, ONHops Brewoff, Young Farmer Forum -- as well as the speaker sessions.

Note that early bird pricing of $125/room is offered by the Embassy Suites hotel until January 31, 2023 or until the block of rooms is sold.

Early bird pre-registration for the convention is accepted online until February 15, 2023.  

Source : The Grower

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New research chair appointed to accelerate crop variety development

Video: New research chair appointed to accelerate crop variety development

Funded by Sask Wheat, the Wheat Pre-Breeding Chair position was established to enhance cereal research breeding and training activities in the USask Crop Development Centre (CDC) by accelerating variety development through applied genomics and pre-breeding strategies.

“As the research chair, Dr. Valentyna Klymiuk will design and deploy leading-edge strategies and technologies to assess genetic diversity for delivery into new crop varieties that will benefit Saskatchewan producers and the agricultural industry,” said Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn (PhD), dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask. “We are grateful to Sask Wheat for investing in USask research as we work to develop the innovative products that strengthen global food security.”

With a primary focus on wheat, Klymiuk’s research will connect discovery research, gene bank exploration, genomics, and breeding to translate gene discovery into improved varieties for Saskatchewan’s growing conditions.