Research

The agricultural science disciplines - soil science, plant science, animal science, applied microbiology, economics - are essential and relevant to any application where living organisms and the natural environment are managed and utilized to meet human needs. Initial involvements of the College in plant ecology have expanded to include significant scholarship in other aspects of environment and ecology, often in unmanaged natural systems and extending geographically beyond farmlands to include woodlands, grassland, forests, and polar landscapes. The College of Agriculture and Bioresources is committed to continuing its leadership position in scholarship for traditional agricultural crop and livestock production while also embracing its relevance to other renewable resource sectors including forestry and non-timber forest products, agroforestry, native grasslands, horticulture and greenhouse production, and aquaculture.

The College recognizes and responds to the importance of natural resources, whether those resources are used in agriculture or not. We enable the responsible conservation, management and utilization of the world's soil, water, and biotic resources. We identify an increasing role for the College in all land and resource systems throughout the Great Northern Plains and extending through the boreal forest into the Arctic. We develop a sense of social responsibility among students, faculty and the community at large regarding the use of natural resources. Traditionally opposing disciplines of environmental science and agricultural science are brought together toward a holistic understanding of the required balance among consumptive and non-consumptive land and resource users.

We are recognized for our strong research programs and outreach activity. Impacts of our work have had significance well beyond the borders of Saskatchewan in terms of environmental sustainability, production of crops and animals, a secure supply of food and other bioproducts, the policy environment and ultimately economic activity.