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Québec ag minister announces $1M for horticultural innovation

On August 26, André Lamontagne announced investments totaling more than $1 million to accelerate the adoption of innovative agricultural technologies by Quebec horticultural companies.

The objective is to offer producers in the market gardening sector and the strawberry and raspberry, greenhouse, apple and potato sectors concrete technological solutions, such as robots, automated tools or intelligent sensors, to respond to their challenges related to climate change, the environment and labour scarcity. These solutions will ultimately increase the competitiveness and productivity of agricultural businesses.

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WEBINAR: Climate Change & the Environment: Making Canadian wheat climate-smart and profitable

Video: WEBINAR: Climate Change & the Environment: Making Canadian wheat climate-smart and profitable

Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), and the University of Manitoba discuss their funded wheat research projects under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership. This funded research targets the areas of climate change and the environment, and will share anticipated outcomes of the research and the impact for wheat growers. They also share how this research contributes to established and ongoing environmental, and climate sensitive work already being done by growers.