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OUR
FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED FACILITES
Agriculture
Building
The Agriculture Building consists of three sections with the
newest central section being added in 1996. The building is
shared by the Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural
Economics, the Department of Plant Science, the administrative
offices of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences,
the School of Agriculture, and the Newman Library. The building
also contains modern classrooms and laboratories for teaching.
The Department occupies all four floors of the Plant Science
wing as well as portions of the other two sections of the
Agriculture building. The main portion of the department's
greenhouse and growth facility complex is directly attached
to this building. Collectively the research laboratories are
well equipped to carry out molecular, physiological, agronomic,
pathology, and genetic research. Excellent cooperation exists
amongst departmental researchers in sharing of research equipment.
The
"Point" Field Research Laboratory
Located
on the main University of Manitoba campus, the "Point"
is a 106 acre parcel of land located on an oxbow of the Red
River. The Point is used for agronomy, plant breeding, horticulture,
physiology and plant pathology research. A full line of small
plot field research equipment is available at the Point and
a full-time mechanic is based at this site. The Point buildings
house crop handling, drying and seed storage areas.
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Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, Carman and Region Facility
This 406 acre facility is located 70 kms southwest of Winnipeg
(click
here for directions to Carman) and is operated by the
Department of Plant Science. In addition to the landbase and
equipment storage facilities, there is a newly constructed
$1.5 million building with wet lab, seed lab and cleaning
equipment, computer facilities, and classrooms for teaching
and extension programs. A full line of small plot field research
equipment is available at the site. One full-time University
of Manitoba technician is based at Carman. A branch office of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
is located in Carman. This provides an excellent opportunity
for U of M faculty and provincial extension specialists to
work together.
Manitoba
Agriculture and Food's "Soils and Crops Branch"
is located in Carman. This provides an excellent opportunity
for U of M faculty and provincial extension specialists to
work together.
Glenlea
Research Station
This approximatly 1000 acre facility is operated by the Department
of Animal Science, and houses the University's dairy and swine
herds. The Glenlea long-term crop rotation study is located
at this station. Other plant science activities at Glenlea
include the High Erucic Acid Rapeseed Breeding program. Glenlea
is located 20 km south of Winnipeg.
Manitoba
Zero-Tillage Research Farm
In 1992, the Manitoba Zero-Tillage Research Association aquired
a 640 acre farm located 200 km west of Winnipeg. Beginning
in 2001, University of Manitoba researchers (in collaboration
with scientists from Agriculture and AgriFood Canada at Brandon)
have embarked on a long-term, large-scale, replicated cropping
systems research program at the farm. The MZTRA manager oversees
all day-to-day aspects of the farm; our involvement is planning,
data collection and analysis, and reporting the results to
the MZTRA board and in scientific publications.
Agriculture
and AgriFood Canada
Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC) has two centres in
Manitoba, the Cereal Research Centre on the University of
Manitoba main campus and the Brandon Research Centre located
200 km west of Winnipeg. The Cereal Research Centre specializes
in cereal breeding, quality, pathology and molecular genetic
research. The Brandon Research Station specializes in sustainable
crop and land management, and thereby provides a very good
fit with our agronomy interests here at the University of
Manitoba. There are typically between 5 and 10 graduate students
working with adjunct professors within the two AAFC research
station as well as collaborative research between faculty
and AAFC researchers.
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