Governments Invest $ 1.5 Million in Egg Research at the University of Manitoba – Winnipeg | The Canadian News

The feds and the province are inciting an investigation of, well, eggs.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing $ 1.5 million to help establish the Center for Egg Layer Research and Public Participation at the University of Manitoba.

“Researchers from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences are leaders in the field of laying hens and eggs,” Digvir Jayas, vice president (research and international) at the U of M, said in a provincial statement Friday.

“This new facility will be the center for egg and layer research aligned with industry priorities on wellness and sustainability, and will provide world-class training to grow our local and national economies.”

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While the U of M already operates an egg research facility, the province says the money will be used to create a new space that will “advance and enhance research on modern egg production techniques and technologies.”

The province says Manitoba Egg Farmers is also partnering on the cost of construction, and the U of M will continue to own and operate the facility once it is completed.

“This new state-of-the-art facility will showcase what we do as modern egg producers for the benefit of the general public. It’s important to us that we open the barn doors and show consumers how eggs are produced and chickens are housed, ”said Catherine Kroeker-Klassen, chairman of the board of Manitoba Egg Farmers, in the province statement.

“It will be the most modern egg and layer research, education and training center in all of Canada and the only one designed to connect with the general public.”

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The province says the funding comes from the Canadian Agricultural Association, a five-year, $ 3 billion investment from Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments aimed at strengthening and growing Canada’s agri-food and produce sectors.

Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Ralph Eichler said the new facility will house “world-class research on egg production and development.”

“Our province’s egg producers account for 10 percent of the country’s egg production and generate about $ 120 million in cash income from the farm,” he said in the province’s statement.

“We look forward to continued research that will help drive interest in eggs and move the egg industry forward.”