Lacombe Research Centre

Lacombe, Alberta

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The Lacombe Research Centre is one of a network of 19 national agricultural research centres operated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The Centre conducts research in field crops and livestock production relevant to the central Alberta region. The Centre's main research focuses on the ante- and post-mortem factors that influence red meat: yield, quality, safety and preservation. The Centre also develops integrated, sustainable crop and animal production systems and crop varieties for the short-season environments of the Parkland and northwestern Canada.

The Beaverlodge Research Farm and its sub-station Fort Vermilion are part of the Lacombe Research Centre and form the most northern agricultural research establishment in Canada. The Beaverlodge Research Farm specializes in research and development of technology for improved production systems for crops, honey bees and other pollinating insects adapted to environmental conditions in northwestern Canada. Research at the Fort Vermillion site focuses primarily on the adaptation of technologies for this northern agricultural area.

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6000 C and E Trail
Lacombe, Alberta
T4L 1W1
Tel.: 403-782-8101 / Fax: 403-782-4308

Research Manager: Rick Lawrence
Tel.: 403-782-8110
Fax: 403-782-4308

Acting Science Director: Michèle Marcotte
Tel.: 450-768-3295
Fax: 450-773-2888

Beaverlodge Research Farm
Box 29
Beaverlodge, Alberta
T0H 0C0

Fort Vermilion Sub-station
PO Box 126
Fort Vermilion, Alberta
T0H 1N0