Tractors Why Was Tom Wolf?s Spray Technology Research Cut By the Federal Government?

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Recently it was announced that Tom Wolf's research program will be cut completely by Ag Canada. The reaction from agronomists, manufacturers and farmers has been quite strong. So strong that some of the industry associations are trying to save the program.

When word got out tweets started to fly just like this one.

Tom Wolf's research focused on sprayer technology like nozzle selection and sprayer drift. There is speculation from people familiar with the Wolf program and Ag-Canada that the program was cut based on two factors.

1. The Wolf research program was quite industry friendly in the sense that the Federal Government likely believes that the research could be replaced by the companies and industry themselves.
2. With only two scientists nationally, the program was small and the program being cut does not impact many jobs but instead research budget.

Read more at http://www.realagriculture.com/2012/05/should-tom-wolfs-research-program-of-been-cut/
 
 
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