On January 15th, 2019, the Honourable Laurence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, delivered the official announcement for the National Barley Research Cluster (Barley Cluster) under the Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) program. The Barley Cluster is a $10.2 M research initiative that aims to improve the competitiveness of barley as a cereal crop choice […]

BMBRI Board of Directors has approved funding for related breeding and research projects for BMBRI participation in the next Barley CLuster, Agronomy Cluster and Canadian AGriFood Trade Alliance (CFCRA) Cluster applications under the federal program called Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) AgriScience Program (2018-2023).  More details will be announced when the Cluster applications have been evaluated […]

BMBRI will provide a total of $142,175 in total grants for breeding, agronomy and quality research projects, which includes a continuation of an annual contribution to the 2013-2018 Agri Innovation Program (AIP) Barley Breeding and Research cluster of $87,175, plus $55,000 for a number of other non-AIP breeding and research projects. For details see 2016-17 […]

Following its annual Board of Directors meeting in Winnipeg on June 16, BMBRI has announced its annual research grants for 2015-16 for malting barley breeding and research. BMBRI has been providing such research funding since its establishment in 1948 in support of its core mandate – development of improved malting barley for growers and industry […]

Barley science in Canada received a major boost today with the signing of agreements for the “Adding Value to Barley National Research Cluster” project.