A record number of University of Guelph faculty have been named Fellows of The Royal Society of Canada, the country’s most prestigious body of independent scholars, researchers and creatives at the forefront of intellectual leadership.
A new research network, CANN2ONET, will gather leading nitrogen experts to find ways to reduce Canada’s emissions of N2O, a potent greenhouse gas, with new funding from the NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative. It spans several universities and colleges across Canada, as well as partners from industry, government and producer organizations.
In research funded in part by the Alliance, Kelsey Boucher has evaluated sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans over the past two years, testing about 250 different soybean varieties. This will lead over the long term to her long-term goal of producing hardier soybean crops, particularly those with more disease resistance.
Boucher is supervised by U of G researchers Dr. Istavan Rajcan and Dr. Milad Eskandari.
Chowdhury, an Alliance-funded researcher, was awarded $70,000 for his work in Getting Research into Practice (GRIP) and Dr. Sam Workenhe receives $40,000 to further his work in discovering and developing antiviral treatments for highly pathogenic livestock and poultry viruses.
U of G’s Ridgetown Campus has added a world-class field crop pathologist to its teaching and research repertoire. Leading pathologist, Dr. Gursahib Singh is Ridgetown’s new Grain Farmers of Ontario Professorship in Field Crop Pathology. Dr. Singh joins the University of Guelph from Irrigation Saskatchewan (formerly ICDC) where he served as Research Director.
The new position is supported by a $2-million gift from the Grain Farmers of Ontario.
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.
