Dr. Scott Wright is the director of the USask Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE). 

Scott Wright is the Director of the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) at the University of Saskatchewan.  Scott started his Saskatchewan career in 1983 as a Graduate Student at the U of S Termuende Farm on pasture rejuvenation and fertilization.  He has been a plant breeder with Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon, working on brome and crested wheatgrass, alongside the Ecovar development program in native grasses with Ducks Unlimited.  

His forage work included Forage Management at the Melfort Research Station and he Co-chaired the Western Forage Beef Group at Lacombe before taking on leadership roles with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Science and Technology Branch, Agri-Environment Services Branch, Research Branch and Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration), Saskatchewan Agriculture and Alberta Agriculture. 

Scott is delighted to carry the accountability for the LFCE and looks forward to strengthening the partnerships to support producer relevant, integrated forage and livestock research.

In today's episode, Scott shares a bit about his personal history in agriculture and some of the roles and experiences he has had in his time in the Canadian Beef Industry, before taking the position as the director of the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence.  Scott also talks about his views on the role of research in agriculture, and the beef industry.

Scott shares the goals and an overview of LFCE (The Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence), as well as discussing some of the evolutions of the facility since it’s opening.  

We discuss many aspects of LFCE, as well as current research projects and how they are relevant to the beef industry.  In particular, we touch on the Bison research, the environmental quality site monitoring, and the feedlot and cow calf program research. that you are able to measure and why this is important.

We wrap up with a bit of information about the 2024 Field Day, planned for June 18, 2024.  All are welcome to attend! 

 For more information about the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence, please visit: https://lfce.usask.ca/

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada, and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC).

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