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    Livestock meeting focuses on getting research from the lab to the farm

    Ontario Farmer, May 2, 2023: Improving how the livestock sector can get research into practice brought approximately 60 people together for a daylong event hosted by Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) in Elora. 

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  • Food digestibility as important as ingredients, research shows

    Ontario Farmer, April 11, 2023: New research from the University of Guelph shows that how the body digests food is as important as what it’s made of. A piece of a plant-based meat alternative might look and taste like meat, but that doesn’t mean it has the same impact on the human body as the real thing. 

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  • Data – simple answer but what’s the question?

    Ontario Farmer, April 11, 2023: There is arguably more data being collected everywhere all the time than ever before in human history, including in the agri-food sector. How to best collect, manage, govern, and use that data are questions still in search of answers, however. 

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  • dairy heifers in the pasture

    Seize the moment

    CEO Commentary by Mike McMorris: There is a keen awareness now that we all need to do a better job of getting research into practice (GRIP).

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  • Building a bridge between research and livestock sector

    Ontario Farmer, April 4, 2023: Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) has expanded its successful mentorship program for early career faculty to include graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and industry and government staff working in livestock and poultry research through a new initiative called the Bridge.

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