The latest iteration of Guelph Intelligent Greenhouse Automation System (GIGAS), a smart robot developed at The Robotics Institute @ Guelph, harvests tomatoes using AI-powered vision and an innovative gripping system. It uses deep learning and an image database to identify the tomato amidst environmental obstacles and to figure out how to grab it from the vine.
U of G researchers Dr. Michael Steele, a professor in the Department of Animal Biosciences, and Dr. David Renaud, a professor in the Department of Population Medicine, aim to enhance calf welfare and increase the sustainability of the Canadian dairy, beef, and veal industries.
Improving innovation and sustainability in the Canadian poultry and egg sector is the goal of a new $3.5 million gift from the William and Lynne Gray Foundation and L.H. Gray & Son Limited to the University of Guelph.
The gift will create the Bill and Lynne Gray Chair in Advanced Poultry Technology Management in the Department of Animal Biosciences within the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC).
Hallett discussed her Alliance-funded research that involves determining whether canola flower midge (CFM) migrated from the Prairies, or whether it is a native species that adapted to using canola as a host, and how the two midges interact.
Ontario is the only province that battles both swede midge and CFM. Worse yet, the two species may work together.
The teams are in phase two of the Homegrown Innvoation Challenge, which has granted each team up to $1 million to create small-scale, proof-of-concept solutions that make growing food more environmentally and economically sustainable.
Dr. Youbin Zheng, researcher in the School of Environmental Sciences, is part of the AI Farming group, collaborating with industry partners and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Visit the largest university open house of its kind in North America. Entirely student-run and organized, 2024 College Royal invites the community to explore the University of Guelph.
The U of G crop scientist and Alliance-funded researcher spoke with Elora Fergus Today about what effects this mild winter is likely to have on Wellington County agriculture. Read the article: What impact does a mild winter have on local agriculture?
Ten University of Guelph faculty members studying everything from bio-renewable fuels to healthy workplaces to companion animal nutrition have been named University of Guelph Research Leadership Chairs (RLCs).
Congratulations to all recipients, including the following Alliance-funded researchers whose work has contributed to the research and innovation needs of today's agri-food sector:
Cutting-edge research into soil health continues in Ontario, led by a University of Guelph team.
For years, Dr. Laura Van Eerd’s team has been quantifying changes in soil health over time using indicators such as soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) storage level, which can vary in quantity due to tillage system, crop rotation, cover crop use and N application.
Growing dry beans more efficiently and sustainably is the goal of a new gift from the Ontario Bean Growers (OBG) to the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College (OAC).
Including these gifts from OBG and an anonymous donor, a total of $2 million will help support the OBG Assistant Professorship in Weed Sciences faculty position at U of G’s Ridgetown Campus.