Canada
September 14, 2006
Farmscape
(Episode 2246)
Source: http://www.farmscape.ca/f1Scripts.aspx?m=INT&p1=694
Dr. Anita
Brűlé-Babel -
University of Manitoba
"A cereal grain researcher
with the University of Manitoba predicts yield will become the
top priority as researchers work to develop the wheat varieties
that will meet a growing demand for grain from the livestock and
biofuel industries.
""How Are Cereal Breeding Programs
Working to Ensure a Secure Feed Grain Supply for the Future"
will be one of the topics examined Tuesday morning in Winnipeg
during the opening session of the 27th Western Nutrition
Conference.
Dr. Anita Brűlé-Babel, with the
University of Manitoba department of plant science, notes there
is a number of factors causing concern for the feedgrain
industry right now.
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Dr. Anita Brűlé-Babel:
"One of the concerns is the expansion of the
livestock industry and the greater demand that's
imposed on feedgrains for the purpose of feeding
animals but we also see an emerging ethanol industry
which will be trying to source similar types of
grains for ethanol and, in particular in western
Canada wheat based ethanol production will be the
primary feedstock that will be used for ethanol
production.
"With the expansion also of the primarily corn based
ethanol in the US even the availability of corn to
import into southern Manitoba. for instance, will be
a concern in the future.
"There are predictions in the US that they will
become a net importer of feed grains themselves as
the ethanol industry progresses within their own
country.
"That is part of the reason why there is some
concern in terms of availability of good feedstocks
at reasonable prices for the feed industry." |
"Dr. Brűlé-Babel suggests, if your
going to produce a grain for either an industrial use or for a
feed use, you want to be able to produce a reasonably high
yielding crop because the price producers can get for that crop
will be lower than for a hard red spring milling quality.
"She notes another goal is
improving fusarium head blight resistance because fusarium
produces toxins in the grain that make them unsuitable for
certain animal feeds.
"For Farmscape.Ca, I'm Bruce
Cochrane."
The Western Nutrition Conference
is slated for September 19-20 at the Fort Garry Hotel in
Winnipeg
*Farmscape is a presentation of
Sask Pork and
Manitoba Pork Council |
