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Analysing study on animal agriculture in Canada
Milk Producer, June 2024: A panel of experts suggests Canadian animal agriculture needs to change its thinking around how it approaches research, innovation, and attracting and keeping people in the sector as industry, government and academia look to a future that offers both challenges and opportunities.
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Global leaders gather to take action on sustainable livestock production
Milk Producer, April 2024: Livestock are seen as both a source of greenhouse gas emissions and a solution to climate change. To help bring balance, dialogue and understanding to the issue, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations last fall hosted the first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation.
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Recommendations for developing an Ontario path forward for deadstock
Milk Producer, February 2024: A new report for Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) has set forward a list of recommendations for managing on-farm livestock mortalities in Ontario. Topping the list is the establishment of a coordinating body to oversee deadstock management in the province, coupled with continued investment by both industry and government to support that organization’s activities.
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Charting the path forward for the livestock sector with research and innovation
Milk Producer, December 2023: A new report puts research, innovation and a comprehensive policy approach as core pillars underpinning the successful future of Canada’s livestock industry. The report by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) notes that the complexity and interconnectedness of animal agriculture means its value and impact can’t be measured with simple metrics and that many challenges and opportunities are shared ac
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New approaches to calf nutrition
Calf Care Corner, August 2023: There is a strong relationship between health and growth in a calf’s early life and that animal’s total lifetime production. This means what happens to a calf in its first few hours and days is extremely critical, particularly what it is fed.
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How we can do a better job at getting research results into practice
Milk Producer, Late Summer 2022: Most livestock producers, through their service fees or checkoffs, support research in their respective sectors – but there is general agreement that more needs to be done to ensure the outcomes of that research are ultimately used on the farm.
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Dairy Farmers of Ontario contribute nearly $540,000 to antimicrobial stewardship research
University of Guelph researchers, who are leaders in the field of antimicrobial stewardship, are receiving more than $3 million from Ontario Research Fund for their projects. Dairy Farmers of Ontario is proud to support Dr. David Kelton in his research into antimicrobial stewardship solutions in the Ontario dairy sector.
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Bringing research faculty, livestock industry together
Milk Producer, September 2021: LRIC has created a mentorship program to connect early-stage faculty at the University of Guelph with the Ontario livestock industry and, after a successful pilot that wrapped up earlier this year, is launching its second cohort this fall.
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Forage and pasture research ramping up in Ontario with new faculty and facilities
Ontario Beef, August 2021: Forage and pasture research at the University of Guelph is kicking into high gear with pastureland renovation and expansion at the University of Guelph beef research facilities at Elora and the hiring of a new forage and service crops professor.
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