Canada
April 3, 2009
Western Grains Research
Foundation (WGRF) is proud to announce the initial launch of
the Provincial Registration Trials (PVT) website
www.pvttrials.com
The goal of this project is to have a website that allows
farmers to compare varieties head-to-head with results for their
farm. This website gives producers online access to
Post-registration Variety data from all of the western Canadian
provinces. The results are available in a standardized form so
that producers and other key audiences can use this data in
making educated variety decisions.
Starting only with Canadian Western Red Spring wheat, producers
will be able to see the potential value of bringing all of this
information into one centralized location. It is the goal to
eventually have all crop types included on this website. This
online PVT database is a major breakthrough in obtaining
cooperation between the provinces, leading towards a unified
western Canadian Post-registration Variety Testing (PVT) system.
The PVT website will give producers a better idea of how a
particular variety behaves overall in Western Canada, leading to
better variety selection.
This project was initiated by ARECA (Agricultural Research and
Extension Council of Alberta), as part of a grant funded by
ACAAF / AAFC. The Western Grains Research Foundation provided
special grant funding and leadership on this project. A special
thanks for additional funding support to: The Agricultural
Council of Saskatchewan, Alberta Agriculture, Food and rural
development, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Investment
Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia, and the Manitoba
Rural Adaptation Council Inc.
A steering committee with representatives from each of the
western Canadian provinces was formed in May 2008, to shape and
guide the development of this website.
We invite everyone to view and explore the PVT website at
www.pvttrials.com |
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