. Agri-news. Agriculture. August 20,2001 Local research trials to visit this summer A considerable amount of on farm research is conducted every year, but many local farmers may not be even aware of it. Local or regional information is something farmers are always seeking. While touring research stations, farmers often comment that while research looks great, they wonder if the same treatment response would be seen on their farm. This is a legitimate question. Environmental conditions (precipitation, day length, frost-free days, soil types) vary dramatically throughout the province and even wi
. Agri-news. Agriculture. August 20,2001 Local research trials to visit this summer A considerable amount of on farm research is conducted every year, but many local farmers may not be even aware of it. Local or regional information is something farmers are always seeking. While touring research stations, farmers often comment that while research looks great, they wonder if the same treatment response would be seen on their farm. This is a legitimate question. Environmental conditions (precipitation, day length, frost-free days, soil types) vary dramatically throughout the province and even within regions and districts. Farmers want to see treatments work under the conditions that their farms experience. "On Farm Demonstration (OFD) is a program where funds may be accessed to set up research trials on farm," says Mark Olson, pulse and special crops specialist with Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Lacombe. "Set up primarily as a demonstration program, OFD has evolved to where much of the work now requires a research design incorporated into it. After all, once farmers see how tall something is, how early or late it is, or how plump a kernel, then the next question is whether the yields between treatments significantly different. Proper scientific design enables researchers and extension staff to tell a farmer with a 95 per cent confidence level that the treatments are different and that they will see the differences on their ; Have you visited a on farm research trial lately ? Funding for on farm research will only continue if farmers make use of and support it. Examples of projects in the pulse and special crops subject areas funded by OFD, that I am coordinating in conjunction with numerous other partners in Central Alberta are; • Micronutrients on Field Peas - Camrose and Carstairs; • Special Purpose Field Peas - Carstairs and Lacombe; Pulse Crop Diversification Trials and, Regional Field Pea Variety Trials - Three hill
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