products, and further the development of agricultural markets in growing areas similar to Thunder Bay.
Research station president Bruce Forrest described the work they’re undertaking at the facility as “variety
trials of different crops,” including wheat, winter wheat, barley, and soy beans, among others. Their research also includes analyzing rates of fertilization, trials on micronutrients, and experimenting with different variations of crops to see how they will grow in our area.
“What we’re looking for is ways of optimizing the yield, minimizing the cost, and the environmental issues that go along with it,” Forrest said, putting it in technical terms, adding that they are trying to “diversify the cropping in the Thunder Bay area, and looking at ways of increasing yield through winter cropping, and those things.”
The station held its annual summer tour on Tuesday, playing host to an audience from all across the province that included local MPPs or their representative, Mayor Keith Hobbs, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food specialists, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines officials, and researchers and students from Lakehead University and Confederation College.
(For the full story, please see the Wednesday, July 24, 2013 print edition of The Chronicle-Journal, or our new Digital Epaper. You may subscribe to the electronic version by clicking at the icon at the top right corner of this page.)
Research station president Bruce Forrest described the work they’re undertaking at the facility as “variety
“What we’re looking for is ways of optimizing the yield, minimizing the cost, and the environmental issues that go along with it,” Forrest said, putting it in technical terms, adding that they are trying to “diversify the cropping in the Thunder Bay area, and looking at ways of increasing yield through winter cropping, and those things.”
The station held its annual summer tour on Tuesday, playing host to an audience from all across the province that included local MPPs or their representative, Mayor Keith Hobbs, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food specialists, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines officials, and researchers and students from Lakehead University and Confederation College.
(For the full story, please see the Wednesday, July 24, 2013 print edition of The Chronicle-Journal, or our new Digital Epaper. You may subscribe to the electronic version by clicking at the icon at the top right corner of this page.)
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