The survey will help promote the identification, documentation, protection and preservation of barns across the province.
The not-for-profit Ontario Barn Preservation partnered with Kimberley Martin, assistant professor of History at the University of Guelph.
Start the Your Old Barn Study via this link.
Two of Canada’s leading agri-food research universities — the University of Guelph and University of the Fraser Valley – have launched a new partnership aimed at advancing new pathways for sustainable innovation within Canada’s $140-billion food and agriculture industry.
This co-operation opens up new avenues for collaboration, including access to a rich cross-section of agri-food expertise on the West Coast and shared resources to help propel scientific research to practical food system solutions across Canada.
On the Dec. 13 episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin gets answers to questions about applying nitrogen later in the season to gain more control of the crop with help from Alliance-funded University of Guelph researcher Dr. Josh Nasielski and graduate student Gavin Brady.
Dr. Amélie Gaudin has been following the results from long-term studies on rotational diversity since earning her PhD from the University of Guelph. Now a professor at the Unviersity of California Davis, she presented insights from a variety of research studies in Ontario and across parts of the U.S., citing research projects that began in 1980 and are still underway at the Ontario Crops Research Centre in Elora.
Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop visited the University of Guelph to learn how the University is helping develop commercial solutions to challenges in sectors across Ontario’s economy through technology research and innovation.
Dr. Terri O’Sullivan believes swine farms are missing an opportunity for using needle-free injection technology in young piglets. The technology – with potential economic benefits for producers and welfare benefits for animals – has been available for some time but has not been widely adopted in Ontario hog production.
The Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance is a longstanding collaboration between the Government of Ontario, the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario and the University of Guelph.
The Alliance generates impact by directing the efforts of our people, places and programs toward six key outcomes that support Grow Ontario, a provincial agri-food strategy and vision for the future of the province’s food supply chain.
The team behind this year’s winning innovation comprise an international collaboration of researchers and industry partners, including U of G researchers Dr. Christine Baes, Dr. Flavio Schenkel and Dr. Saeed Shadpour from the Department of Animal Biosciences in the Ontario Agricultural College, as well as Dr.
Hepworth has served as Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO) chair since 2019 and has overseen significant infrastructure investments that leverage U of G expertise to fuel research and innovation for Ontario’s agri-food sector.
From the team at the U of G Office of Research, Agri-Food Partnership, we wish you, and those near and dear to you, happy holidays and best wishes for 2024.
The University of Guelph will be closed from December 25, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2, 2024, and will re-open on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.