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The provincial and federal governments are making some big investments into crop research projects in 2023.
The funding, which is being invested through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund, includes $9.8 million for research projects and $7.2 million toward operational funding for the Crop Development Centre in Saskatoon over the next five years. Since it was first established in the early ‘70s, the Crop Development Centre has produced more than 500 commercial crop varieties across 40 different types of crop, Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture said.
According to the ministry, the projects that will be supported by the new funding range from studies examining the effects of climate change on insects and agriculture inputs across the prairies to a study on the use of “innovative desalination materials” for agriculture water supplies and “a nutritionally balanced pulse-oilseed protein-based beverage.”
David Marit, Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister, said the crop research is meant to keep Saskatchewan ahead of the curve when it comes to agricultural innovations.
“Saskatchewan is a consistent and reliable supplier of agriculture products to today’s growing and constantly changing global market, and investments like these enable us to be ready for the market of tomorrow,” Marit said in a statement.
“Encouraging this kind of research and innovation is the first step to staying competitive. Staying competitive means Saskatchewan producers can and will remain the best at what they do – sustainably feeding the world.”
A further $4.6 million in funding was invested into research projects by a number of industry organizations, the ministry said, including the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, and the Saskatchewan Barley, Canola, Forage Seed and Wheat Development Commissions.