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58 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
Farm future
for the Yukon
The Yukon could be producing a
far greater share of its agricultural
products in the future.
Several varieties of food crops,
forages, and grains were tested in
the Yukon over the past year, and
some of the varieties showed great
potential, according to a report
released by Federal Agriculture
Minister John Wise, Yukon
Renewable Resources Minister
David Porter and Yukon Livestock
and Agricultural Association presi-
dent Al Alcock.
The association is administering
the project which, in 1985, involv-
ed field tests at 10 co-operating
farms. Total cost of the three-year
program is $175,500. Agriculture
Canada, through the New Crop
Development Fund, is providing
S126,500; the Yukon government
is providing $49,000.
The crops tested are varieties
considered most likely to survive in
the Yukon and which could help
replace agricultural products now
imported for human and livestock
consumption.
Crops tested in 1985 include
varieties of potatoes, wheat, oats,
barley, legumes (soybeans, faba-
beans, field peas, lentils, alfalfa)
and specialty crops such as saf-
flower and mustard. When testing
resumes this summer, emphasis
will be put on those varieties that
showed the most promise, and
testing will be done on field -scale
plots that more closely resemble
commercial conditions.
"In spite of the late planting last
spring and other start-up dif-
ficulties at a number of sites, some
very good yields were obtained,"
Mr. Wise said. "For example,
some test sites reported oat yields
of over 100 bushels per acre, barley
at about 100 bushels per acre, and
potatoes at 25,000 pounds per
acre."
Yukon Renewable Resources
Minister David Porter said the pro-
ject is essential to the development
of the Yukon's agricultural sector.
Copies of the report on the first
year of tests can be obtained from
the agriculture branch of the
Yukon Department of Renewable
Resources and from the inquiry
centre at the Yukon government
administration building in