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The U of G wheat breeding program is a feat of industry and government collaboration to supply the world with healthy grains. 

Together with private and public partners and a team of professional staff, graduate and undergraduate students, Dr. Helen Booker breeds varieties for disease resistance but also for traits economically critical to farmers: high yield, optimal maturity time, height and structural strength.

Since Booker took over leadership in 2020, the program has already brought five new varieties of wheat to market.

Is fresh Ontario-grown food on your plate this fall? Whether you’re celebrating the harvest or just enjoying seasonal produce, chances are you’re sampling the results of research and innovation coming from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.

For more than 150 years, the Government of Ontario and U of G have worked together for the benefit of the province’s food producers and processors. The collaboration, known as the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, supports farmers so you can bring home healthy local food to your family.

When Clara Ziezold walked into a lecture hall one day during her undergrad at the University of Guelph, she couldn’t have known the guest speaker would set her on a course to research ways to improve reproductive efficiency for the Ontario turkey industry.

Now a PhD candidate in U of G’s Department of Animal Biosciences, Ziezold has completed several projects on the impact of lighting on turkey breeder hen performance, helping build a bigger body of work to support greater productivity for the turkey sector.

Visit us at the University of Guelph booth at the International Plowing Match in Lindsay, Ontario from October 1 to 5. See how U of G works with the Government of Ontario to support Ontario farmers and agri-businesses with research and innovation. We look forward to connecting and sharing the work we do to support the sector!

The booth is located in the Farming for the Future Building.

Huber was profiled on the Ontario Pork website and discusses some of her current projects at the Ontario Swine Research Centre.

“Farmers might not see it, but data that we generate at the University is then integrated into feeding programs on farms and is leading to improved growth,” she says in the article.

Read the profile: Leading Swine Research for Future Generations

Dr. Michael von Massow, food economist in the Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics, spoke to The Canadian Press, 

Alliance-funded research shows purple coneflower supplementation in Holstein calves led to indicators of better immunity and anti-inflammatory properties.

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The Alliance-funded U of G researcher works to bring ballpark soil data to farmers for better on-farm decision-making. This goal has made him stand out as one of the "next generation" of young people making their mark in the agriculture industry, according to Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine.

Read the article: The problem solvers - Dr. Asim Biswas (Ontario Grain Farmer)

Experts in the School of Engineering, Department of Plant Agriculture and Department of Animal Biosciences are leading some of the fifteen University of Guelph research projects awarded funding by the federal government.  

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will fund the projects through its John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), which helps universities recruit and retain outstanding faculty. It also provides researchers with the critical infrastructure required for their studies.