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.
Alilance-funded research on low-methane dairy cow selection is profiled in this story from U of G's Ontario Agricultural College (OAC). Read about work led by Dr. Christine Baes, done in part at the Ontario Dairy Research Centre, to reduce the emissions that are contributing 14 per cent of human-derived greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Dehghantanha worked with two Canadian dairy operations to develop and implement cyber-threat monitoring systems that continuously scan Smart Farm systems to identify and prevent attacks. The result is 24/7 monitoring, augmented with emergency rapid-response IT services from CSL graduate students.
Canadian dairy farmer Ben Loewith is among the first farmers to start genetically breeding cows to produce less methane, a potent greenhouse gas produced when cows burp.
Watch the video: How these Canadian cows are burping less methane (bbc.com)
A career in large animal medicine is more rewarding than some may realize, says Dr. Marialisa Laurella from Nor-West Animal Clinic, located in Fort Frances, Ont.
Laurella is a graduate of the University of Guelph's doctor of veterinary medicine program who completed an externship supported through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance's Veterinary Capacity Program at the clinic more than a decade ago.
Ontario farmers are early adopters in a technological shift to robotics and artificial intelligence.
