1. Overview of Cereals Canada
National Research Priority Setting
Canadian National Millers Association
Cam Dahl, President
September

2. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Broad Goals
Establish strong goals for wheat research in terms of output and ultimately the value of wheat production
Research goals focused on the needs of end users as well as the needs of Canadian farmers
Build bridge between markets and research objectives

3. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Benefits
Identifying gaps
Bring together funding orgs as well as public and private research orgs across Canada
Tool for organizations (e.g., AAFC, producer commissions, WGRF) setting internal goals
Help inform development of the next FPT agreement on agricultural programming
Avoid overlap; creating efficiencies
Clarity for research community
Better tools for producers
Engagement and knowledge transfers

4. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
2014 White Paper on Research Innovation
began a conversation on what is required in Canada to develop a world class science and innovation model
Commissioned by Cereals Canada
Written by Dr. Stephen Morgan Jones
Cereals Canada moved process moved to the Grains Round Table
White Paper presented to Crop Research Working Group and full Grains Round Table = adopted first 4 initiatives
Workshop on priorites –morning laid out the landscape and then broad group gathering thoughts on what research areas will advance the industry
April Grains Round Table called for the formation of this Task Group to continue the work

5. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Who is Involved?
All Members of Cereals Canada opportunity for input
Grains Round Table
Crop Research Working Group Steering Committee
CRWG Co-Chaired by Don Dewar and Cam Dahl
Public, private and producer funders from all regions in Canada
Public, private, and institutional researchers from across the country
White Paper presented to Crop Research Working Group and full Grains Round Table = adopted first 4 initiatives
Workshop on priorites –morning laid out the landscape and then broad group gathering thoughts on what research areas will advance the industry
April Grains Round Table called for the formation of this Task Group to continue the work

6. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Workshop held in Saskatoon this last March
Public, private and producer funders from all regions in Canada as well as Public, private, and institutional (e.g. Universities) researchers from across the country
Task Force Meeting held in Winnipeg in June
35 members from across sectors to develop the strategic framework
White Paper presented to Crop Research Working Group and full Grains Round Table = adopted first 4 initiatives
Workshop on priorites –morning laid out the landscape and then broad group gathering thoughts on what research areas will advance the industry
April Grains Round Table called for the formation of this Task Group to continue the work

7. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Key Areas of Focus
Foundational / discovery
Pathology / entomology
Quality
Food safety
Agronomy
Variety development
Annual assessments will measure research done in each of these five areas against target goals

8. Discovery Foundational
National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Purpose
Categories describe broad areas of research
Quantifying the areas where focus is needed to achieve the goals
Allows future sessions to determine if the project activities and funding in each area were sufficient to achieve the desired outcome
Discovery Foundational
Quality and Safety
Agronomy
Pathology Entomology
Variety Development
Propose notionally and measurably with group where will progress come from
What are the categories that best map the wheat research landscape
If change is agreed upon then will reexamine the old database
Decision on how to normalize category dollars – for example
Repeat question to funders (which categories will contribute to meeting our goals) based on new categories and more recent information
GRT

9. National Wheat Research Priority Setting
Need to map it out well but it needs to be able to link back to the goals. And funders need to know where they want to put their emphasis to reach the goals. To help give a sense of weighting.

10. High Level Measurable Targets
INCREASE WHEAT YIELD POTENTIAL
Decrease the yield gap
2. IMPROVE WHEAT YIELD RELIABILITY
Protect yield from pests and diseases
Improve crop adaptation
ENHANCE CROPPING SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY
Improve nutrient use efficiency
Agronomic fit of wheat in a crop rotation or system
Increase profitability/net return per acre
INTEGRATION
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
What
Intendified 7 categories however, 2 are overarching
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SAFETY
Reduce impact of mycotoxins (e.g. fusarium)
MAINTAIN QUALITY TO MEET CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS
AND TO ENSURE ACCESS TO MARKETS
Quality as ascribed to functionality of wheat in products

11. High Level Measurable Targets
1. Increase wheat yield potential
Yield potential of varieties
Goal:
1% in quality classes via genetic improvements and an additional 1% via agronomic improvements = 2%/year
Double yield in other classes = 4%/year
I won’t go into the details of every goal –
But these are the highlights

12. High Level Measurable Targets
2. Improve wheat yield RELIABLITY
Protect yield from pest and diseases
Goal:
Fewer years with losses due to pest damage -50% reduction in yield CV
Reduced downgrading due to pest damage, trend downwards
Stability changed to Reliability
Didn’t set
NOTES Group B- yield stability. Feel like protection from pests and diseases. In next 10 years …. What is a good measure for yield stability, including protection from pests and diseases? Answer= taking the lows out of the crop insurance. How to we minimize the low end relative to the five year average? How do we measure taking the wrecks out? Eg: in ten years the negative deviation from the average is cut in half? 25% reduction in yields below average. A reduction in the negative deviation by 25%. Parked- how to get language to express this.
goals for Crop Adaptation? Parked
Or, ratios of cov relative to other crops in the crop system. People like the term reliability instead of stability. And like the measure: 50% reduction on in the coefficient of variation. Can put in words to note that not targeting at removing the top end results.

13. High Level Measurable Targets
3. Enhance cropping system sustainability
Improve nutrient use efficiency
Goal:
Decrease nutrient loss by 30%
Agronomic fit of wheat in a crop rotation and system
Increase ratio of wheat in crop rotations from today
Some details couldn't be covered and were placed in a parking lot

14. High Level Measurable Targets
4. Continuous Improvement in Food Safety
Goal:
Downgrading due to mycotoxins reduced by 50%
feel value in splitting food safety versus food quality; re: yield stability, need to consider grade protection to quantify some variability; need high yield and high quality otherwise is not worthwhile. Need a goal for OTA. Parking lot

15. High Level Measurable Targets
5. Maintain quality to meet customer’s needs and to ensure access to markets
Goal: (track marketability over time)
For each class of wheat other than CWAD, increased sales of the top two grades will be equivalent to the increase in annual yield, which is targeted at 2% increase for the classes with a higher quality / functionality sensitivity and 4% for other wheat classes
For Canadian Western Amber Durum, increased sales of the top three grades will be equivalent to the increase in annual yield, which is targeted at 2% increase per year
Grade Protection – reduce lower grades due to quality parameters by 50% over 5 year average

16. National Wheat Research Priority Setting Next Steps
Period of review for stakeholders
Review by Members of Cereals Canada
Review by Members of Task Group
Review by participants in Saskatoon Workshop
Review by CRWG
Incorporate comments from reviews into report to GRT
Present to GRT with recommendations
Publish strategy
Review or continuous improvement
Accountability - Did we hit the targets?
Adjust
Strategy - where it was not feasible
Funding and priorities– where it was inadequate or misplaced
Improve - Incorporate changes to the industry or research innovation to the plans

17. National Research Database
Decision from April Grains Round Table
Cereals Canada will develop a proposal for the further development and maintenance of the database. The goal is for a searchable database updated on an ongoing basis with information from public and producer funders, as well as from private funders if possible.
Karen
This slide will be amended to include anything new from the FlipChar

18. Role of a Database Value Structure Management and Maintenance
Allows all funding agencies to compare activities
Allows assessment to determine if industry fulfilling its strategic goals
Communicate funded research activities with wide audiences including researchers, and other stakeholders
Potential communication tool back to producers regarding research outcomes.
Structure
Uploadable, secure, report out features
Key requirement is ease of use
Management and Maintenance
Will be managed and maintained by Cereals Canada

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