Join Mike Cowbrough, weed specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, as he talks about scouting for herbicide-resistant weeds.
Watch on RealAgriculture.com: Soybean School: Scouting for fringe weeds maximizes herbicide tolerant technology – RealAgriculture
It was part of the AgRobotics Demo Day held in July, which brought together a large crowd of growers, researchers and industry representatives.
Read more about the asparagus robot's labour-saving abilities and the Ontario AgRobotics Working Group in The Hamilton Spectator: Simcoe robotics fair on the cutting edge of agriculture
A team of 24 University of Guelph students took part in the NorthEastern Weed Science Collegiate Contest at the NCSU Education Farm in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The U of G students were tested on their skills and knowledge in plant identification, herbicide symptomology diagnostic, sprayer calibration and agronomy problem-solving.
Read more, including individuals' placements, on the Plant Agriculture website: Weeds Team Wins it All
The RFS clinic is an important part of Alliance’s Veterinary Capacity Program. Since 1953, the RFS clinic has provided veterinary services to the community and on-farm learning for student veterinarians.
A new six-year training program co-led by researchers at the University of Guelph will use a One Health approach to build national capacity for the next pandemic – the first training of its kind in Canada.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded U of G and other university, government and non-governmental organization partners $2.7 million to co-create the new bilingual training program, titled the Canadian One Health Training Program on Emerging Zoonoses (COHTPEZ).
Researchers at the University of Guelph’s Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre welcomed Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness Rob Flack to campus last week to hear about the impact of technology developed with funding from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.
Welcoming farmers, government agencies, supply chain managers, investors and more, the mission of the workshop was to inspire meaningful collaboration.
Rural businesses are finding it more difficult since the pandemic to attract and retain workers, with some sectors--like food services-- experiecing the most difficulty.
These are some of the key findings emerging from an Alliance-funded University of Guelph survey, which is part of a multi-year research initiative examining labour shortages in rural communities called Addressing Labour Shortages through Newcomer Attraction in Rural Ontario.
These self-driving, weed-cutting robots will "transform the future of farming," says Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald, professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture within the Ontario Agricultural College.
Food Day Canada honours the work of farmers, fishers, chefs, researchers and home cooks across the food system.