Agriculture Building
The Agriculture Building consists of three sections and 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’s greenhouse and growth facility complex is directly attached to this building. The research laboratories are well equipped to carry out molecular, physiological, agronomic, pathology and genetic research.
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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. The Point buildings house crop handling, drying and seed storage areas.
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 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. 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 approximately 1000 acre facility located 20 km south of Winnipeg, 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.
Manitoba Zero-Tillage Research Farm
In 1992, the Manitoba Zero-Tillage Research Association acquired 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 Branch) have embarked on a long-term, large-scale, replicated cropping systems research program at the farm.
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 stations as well as collaborative research between faculty and AAFC researchers.