Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
January 14, 2009
Morris Industries
Ltd., a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of
agricultural equipment is pleased to announce a combined
$100,000 cash and in-kind donation to the
University of Saskatchewan
plant breeding research.
The donation provides the U of S Crop Development Centre with
the use for three years of a 41’ Contour Drill with 8300 EIGHT
Series XL Air Cart, as well as a significant cash donation
towards the CDC’s new Grains Innovation Laboratory (GIL) now
under construction and slated for completion in the fall of
2009.
“This generous sponsorship from Morris Industries will enable
the CDC to gain new efficiencies in managing its farmlands and
breeding programs and will contribute to the successful
completion of the new lab,” said CDC managing director Dorothy
Murrell.
The GIL will provide expanded space for CDC scientists to screen
cultivated varieties of plants—such as malting barley, wheat,
pulses, flax, and oats—for quality characteristics that will
lead to improved commercial products such as beer, bread, pasta,
pea soup, flaxseed oil, and breakfast cereals.
She noted the use of the new Morris Contour Drill and EIGHT
Series XL Air Cart will help the CDC seed its lands in a more
accurate and efficient way. The CDC manages 3,000 acres of land
east of Saskatoon, seeding 75 per cent to commercial crops and
25 per cent for breeding programs each year.
“Morris is proud to continue its long-standing commitment of
providing seeding equipment to the CDC and to contribute to the
new Grains Innovation Laboratory,” said Morris Industries
president Casey Davis.
“The CDC has greatly benefited our grower base and made
significant contributions to the well-being of agriculture here
in Saskatchewan and across Western Canada. We look forward to
maintaining and building our relationship with the Crop
Development Centre.”
The new lab’s core funding is being provided by the Saskatchewan
Ministry of Agriculture and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada.
The Morris Contour Drill is a minimum-till precision
placement seed drill. The Contour Drill gets your crops off to
the best start possible, allows more efficient use of your land,
requires less horsepower and delivers overall fuel savings. It
utilizes independent openers that features parallel linkage for
ultra precise seed and fertilizer placement. This true
parallelogram linkage maintains a constant opener angle relative
to the soil and constant opener depth in relation to the packer
wheel throughout its range of travel. Each opener can move
independently of the frame and of each other to closely follow
the contours of the land. The Contour Drill delivers precision
seed placement for quick, uniform germination and emergence. The
low draft requirement and single pass seeding and fertilizing
results in significant time and fuel savings.
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