CCTT contact information

640, rue Côté Ouest
Alma (Québec) G8B 7S8
Phone : 418 480-3300
Fax : 418 480-3306

Web site : http://agrinova.qc.ca

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Points of service

• Capitale-Nationale
• Sainte-Croix

Fields of expertise

• Northern Agriculture and Emerging Production
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies
• Berries
• Animal productions
• Potatoes production
• Agronomic services in an industrial environment
• Field crops
• International cooperation

Application examples

• Strategic Plan for Northern Agriculture in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
• Opportunity Study for Establishing a Niche of Excellence on Northern Agriculture
• Forum and Study on the Development of the Innovation System of the Niche of Excellence Northern Agriculture Focuses on Wild Blueberry and Seed Potato
• Experimentation of the effect of innovative practices of Nordic organic agriculture management on the productivity of industrial hemp (Canabis sativa)
• Experimenting the optimal amounts of barley as a replacement for corn grain in dairy feeds under northern climates
• Development of a northern forage mix consisting of beans, peas and Alexandria clover
• Evaluation of the profitability and feasibility of three fall wheat growing protocoles in northern climates
• Impacts of agroforestry systems as a means of protecting a wheat crop in a climate change context
• Development of biomolecular detection tools for the identification and quantification of potato pathogens in soil and plant tissues
• Characterization and testing of agroforestry development models of non-timber forest products in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
• Using High Precision Multispectral Aerial Imaging as a Productivity Diagnostic Tool in Wild Blueberry Crops
• Valuation of Vicia faba L. in dairy feed and evaluation of the effect of its tannins on milk production, milk components and GHG emissions
• Production Guide for the crop production of the Gourgane
• Developing research capacity to improve the storage, conservation and quality of table potato, processing and seed potato inventories
• Thermochemical conversion center for the production of biochars and derived bioproducts

Equipments

• Training and research farm
• Implantation, maintenance and harvest in plots or fieldsBCS 28-Inch Rototor
  • BCS 28 inch mower
  • Small no-till seed drill
  • 75 hp tractor
  • Disc Harrow
  • Tiller
  • Planter and potato harvester
  • AgBag
  • Wheel scale
  • Spreader on wheels
  • Mixer for mineral fertilizer
• Precision farmingGPS positioning system and assisted driving
  • Variable rate application monitor
  • Variable rate sprayer
  • Portable PCR
  • Backpack for pesticide application
• Soil / plant laboratoryGrowth Chamber
  • Dry matter oven: grain, forage, forest residues, etc.
  • Pest insect identification
  • Spore count