Ongoing investment is delivering producer-focused results for Ontario dairy farmers.
Read about how the Ontario Dairy Research Centre is helping Ontario producers through innovations like High Immune Response (HIR) technology, the development and testing of a two-part pain management approach for disbudding, and long-standing studies of methane emissions to yield climate-friendly dairy cattle.
Two University of Guelph-led research teams aiming to change the way fresh produce is grown in Canada have entered the second phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a $33-million challenge prize to grow berries out of season and at scale in Canada.
At the U of G Future of Cybersecurity in Agriculture event, Dehghantanha shared how hackers assess and exploit agricultural IT systems. He also shared tips to prevent a cybersecurity breach, what to do during an attack (should it occur), and what to do afterwards.
Read the story in Farmtario: Threat of agriculture-related cybercrime is rising
Farmers who want to produce a lower methane allocation in their milking herd within three years need to take bull selection into account this year, says Drew Sloan, Vice President for Corporate Development at Semex, addressing the recent EastGen AGM in Elora.
Colin Yates and his father, Glen, who has been a mixed practice veterinarian for more than 45 years, have launched VETSon, an artificial intelligence-powered virtual healthcare platform designed to let veterinarians service more clients and give more animal owners access to care.
A groundbreaking study published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems highlights the opportunities and obstacles facing Ontario potato producers regarding the adoption of best management practices (BMPs).
More data allows better management on-farm for Ontario dairy producers. As of March 2024, raw milk testing provided by the University of Guelph's Agriculture and Food Laboratory (AFL) moved from five to seven days a week so farmers can monitor milk quality and manage production in a timely manner.
In an article in The Grower, Cline provided an update on his trials aimed at de-risking a spray thinning compound developed by Valent BioSciences.
Cline collected data from the Ontario Crops Research Centre in Simcoe, which is owned by the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario and managed by U of G through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, as well as commercial orchards in the Vineland area.
Congratulations to U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College on a century and a half of innovation!
The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), one of the University of Guelph’s three founding colleges, first opened its doors in May 1874.
