Livestock Research Innovation Corporation
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Topics of Importance for Ontario's Livestock Industry
LRIC is supported by The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) which is a five-year (2023-2028), $3.5-billion investment by federal-provincial and territorial governments to strengthen competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector. This includes $1 billion in federal programs and activities and a $2.5 billion commitment that is cost-shared 60 per cent federally and 40 per cent provincially/territorially for programs that are designed and delivered by the provinces and territories.
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Recent News
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Global food system can rise to challenges, new research shows
Ontario Farmer, Sep 12, 2023: A global survey into the attitudes towards agricultural sustainability shows there’s a realistic understanding of the crises currently facing the agri-food industry, and respondents are overwhelmingly optimistic about the food system’s ability to rise to the challenges.
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Getting research to the farm
Canadian Poultry, October 2023: Improving how the livestock sector can get research into practice brought approximately 60 people together for a daylong event earlier this year hosted by Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) in Elora.
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News release: Livestock Research Innovation Corporation hires Industry Services Manager
September 18, 2023: Kelly Somerville has joined the Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) staff team as the organization’s new Industry Services Manager.
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Keeping up
CEO Commentary by Mike McMorris: The rise and fall of the Blackberry device over two decades can't help but make you wonder about what the next 20 years will bring as we see more and more "tech" ideas come to life in the livestock sector.
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LRIC Newsletters
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Livestock Innovation
Published September 15, 2023
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Livestock Innovation
Published August 23, 2023
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Livestock Innovation
Published July 17, 2023
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Research Highlights
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"We can’t present science, knowledge or technology as a how-to manual"
Published July 3, 2023
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Getting Research Into Practice Overview
Published May 17, 2023
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Why This Bird Flu Is Different: Scientists Say Requires Urgent Coordinated Response
Published May 16, 2023
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