Enhancement of the Parkland College Research Farm

农业对萨斯喀彻温省的经济至关重要，特别是萨斯喀彻温省的农村，目前在主要中心以外的农业综合企业方面进行的研究很少。在贸易壁垒、生物安全和以环境可持续的方式养活日益增长的世界人口的需要等外部因素的变化中，研究能力对于满足一个行业的需求极其重要。在萨斯喀彻温省中东部地区，萨斯喀彻温省公园学院与东部中央研究基金会合作，是唯一为生产者和行业提供独立研究机会的研究机构。我们已经开始共同填补研究能力的空白，以打造我省经济的基石。我们的计划是增加我们造福于农业食品行业的能力，并为帕克兰学院的学生提供大量的经验和就业机会。我们将通过加强我们的小块土地工作、增加条带耕作能力和大幅增加学生研究助理职位的数量来增加我们的能力。学生将在暑期担任研究助理，在学年期间担任兼职研究助理，并在适当的情况下将研究农场的工作纳入编程。我们目前计划在下一个生长季节进行一些小范围试验，包括开发燕麦和燕麦农学综合病害管理方法的项目，将认证小麦种子与农民保存的小麦种子进行比较的项目，第三个项目将评估用于增加小麦蛋白质的紧急氮肥应用，该项目是氮素管理4R的一部分。其他项目将在冬季计划季节增加，与许多不同的农业食品行业企业和组织合作。

Agriculture is vitally important for the economy of Saskatchewan, especially rural Saskatchewan, currently there is very little research conducted in agribusiness outside of the major centers. Research capacity is extremely important to meet the demands of an industry in the midst of change from external factors such as trade barriers, biosecurity and the need to feed an increasing world population in an environmentally sustainable way. In the east central region of Saskatchewan Parkland College in partnership with East Central Research Foundation, a small producer lead not-for-profit organization, is the only research organization providing producers and industry with independent research opportunities. Together we have started to fill the gap in research capacity to build this cornerstone of our provincial economy. Our plan is to increase our capacity to benefit the agrifood industry and to provide significant experiential and employment opportunities for students at Parkland College.We will increase our capacity by enhancing our small plot work, by adding strip farming capabilities and by significantly increasing the number of student research assistant positions. Students will work as summer research assistants, as part time research assistants during the academic year, and by incorporating the work of the research farm into programming, where appropriate. We currently have a number of small plot trials planned for the next growing season including a project to develop an integrated disease management approach in oats and oat agronomy, a project to compare certified wheat seed against farmer saved wheat seed, a third project will evaluate post emergent applications of nitrogen for increasing wheat protein, this project is part of the 4 R's of Nitrogen management. Other projects will be added through the winter planning season working with many different agrifood industry businesses and organizations.