Hear how on-farm trials of developing a perennial wheatgrass crop or Kernza® are progressing. Dr Doug Cattani from the University of Manitoba talks about one of the plots while he’s at Dan and Fran DeRuyck’s Top of the Hill farm in Treherne, Manitoba.
Doug received his BSA and MSc. from the University of Manitoba (Plant Breeding) and his PhD. from Wageningen University, The Netherlands in Plant Production Ecology. He has worked with herbaceous perennial for over three decades with emphasis on breeding and seed production. His current position is as Perennial Crop Breeder in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Manitoba with the breeding of intermediate wheatgrass and perennial sunflower for grain production as the major focus.
If you're in Manitoba and interested in growing a small plot of perennial wheat on your land, you can contact him at: Doug.Cattani@umanitoba.ca
Learn more about the development of Kernza® and other perennial grasses from the Land Institute
https://landinstitute.org/our-work/perennial-crops/kernza/
You can watch the presentation right in the field here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBLq3pN51p8&t=1505s
Funding is provided in part by the Canada and Manitoba governments through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.