GM Drought tolerant wheat **Klause**TOM

[Guest]

Have you read up on INDIGO AG ...I think that's the right name ...they have some interesting research in the works....

Just wondering...not an argument ...just a conversation....I can't remember where i read about it or what it was about....Maybe rice with less water..

Came across that info recently as well. Not sure yet if they have a proprietary variety or simply inoculating common seed to boost epiphytism. I think they are more about Quorum Sensing, Bio Mimicry and RuBisCo. The future is all about microbes which is why glyphosate doesn't fit in anymore being an antibiotic. Essentially we've seen these results using compost extract.

https://www.indigoag.com/en-au/indigo-offer

Graeme Sait has an interesting view of wheat.

https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/the-bastardisation-of-our-food/

[TOM4CWB]

Thx Mallee;
If we work together... in one accord...there is nothing the creative nature of humanity... can't accomplish.

Know this lady real well despite the fact she lives about 7 hours away by car.
Were the only state or province that doesnt have gm crops were lagging behing other states.
anyway interesting link and thoughts and working with argentina

https://globalfarmernetwork.org/2018/12/the-future-of-drought-tolerant-wheat-is-near/ https://globalfarmernetwork.org/2018/12/the-future-of-drought-tolerant-wheat-is-near/

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Graeme Sait has an interesting view of wheat.

https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/the-bastardisation-of-our-food/

I read the article. I'm not going to comment or attempt to find fault with it. I do however note that it is completely lacking in sources and citations, which is fine, it is a blog post, not a paper, but does he have any other publications with sources to validate some of the claims made in this article?

[FertaCloud]

Also some new tech coming down in water retention products. We are going to run some trials on a granular product that you place with the seed that supposedly "catch and releases" the water. I think we will see a few of these hit the market in the next few years also.

[farmaholic]

Also some new tech coming down in water retention products. We are going to run some trials on a granular product that you place with the seed that supposedly "catch and releases" the water. I think we will see a few of these hit the market in the next few years also.

Is AgCanada research farm at Indian Head working on such a product. Some kind of Bio-Char....would be high in carbon too. Using willows and/or some kind of high volume producing grass....some guys were asking if coattails/bullrushes could be used as a feedstock. This stuff was burnt and compressed into pellet form.

Edit it...I think they also talked about the product having a high concentration of Phosphorus....using the willows to "mop up" agricultural phos run-off.

Sound like a good product for our buddy hobbyfrmr!

[malleefarmer]

This is very good news. And this is where GMO's should have started out, instead of herbicide tolerance. Then GMO wouldn't be a swear word today. This is the type of progress that organic will be locked out of, the potential is mind boggling. But, the public debate is poisoned already, not sure how something like this could be endorsed now.

100% agree AF5 gm crops always thought to be herbicide tolerant when there so much more that cou;d be done

[jimmy]

Believe me I get your point.
But ignoring technology at home will not raise the price of wheat worldwide.
Some reasearch allows us to do more with less.

I just hate being a pessimist. I have dedicated my whole life to agriculture and have used the latest and greatest technology I could afford along with the best variety of seed out there. I agree research does sometimes allow us to do more for less but now we are paying for it dearly and they want more than we can give them. The world is going to run out of food slogan was used in the 70s. Now with the developing countries getting their shit together along with our technology and seed I am afraid they will bury us in it.

[Marusko]

I've been waiting for some development into non-pulse crops getting N-fixing capability.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've been waiting for some development into non-pulse crops getting N-fixing capability.

Alberta researchers are working on it successfully right now, using triticale, aiming for wheat.

[Marusko]

Alberta researchers are working on it successfully right now, using triticale, aiming for wheat.

Public researchers?