Western-led initiative gets $8.7-million government boost
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston announced today (March 19) the Canadian government is investing $8.7 million in a University of Western Ontario-led initiative to develop technologies that will increase the industrial value of agricultural surplus.
The funding will create new economic opportunities for farmers by investing in research that will expand market possibilities, including adding industrial value to the surplus cereal straw that is now left out on the field.
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