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中进行的研究很少。研究能力对于满足一个行业在外部因素变化中的需求至关重要，这些外部因素包括贸易壁垒、生物安全以及以环境可持续的方式养活不断增加的世界人口的需要。在萨斯喀彻温省的东中部地区，帕克兰学院与东中部研究基金会合作，这是一个小型生产者领导的非营利组织，是唯一一个为生产者和工业提供独立研究机会的研究组织。我们一起开始填补研究能力的差距，以建立我们省经济的基石。我们的计划是提高我们的能力，使农业食品行业受益，并为帕克兰学院的学生提供重要的经验和就业机会。我们将通过加强我们的小地块工作，通过增加带状耕作能力和通过显着增加学生研究助理职位的数量来提高我们的能力。学生将作为暑期研究助理，在学年期间兼职研究助理，并通过将研究农场的工作纳入编程，在适当的情况下。目前，我们计划在下一个生长季节进行一些小面积试验，包括一个开发燕麦和燕麦农艺学综合疾病管理方法的项目，一个比较认证小麦种子与农民保存小麦种子的项目，第三个项目将评估出苗后增加小麦蛋白质的氮素应用，该项目是氮素管理4R的一部分。其他项目将通过冬季规划季节与许多不同的农业食品行业企业和组织合作增加。

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.