Livestock Research Innovation Corporation

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.

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.

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.

Deadstock needs coordinated approach and investment, research shows

Ontario Beef, August 2023: Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC), with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), has just completed a study to revisit the province’s deadstock issue in hopes of finding new solutions to this long-time challenge.

Plant-based doesn't mean healthier

Canadian Poultry, July/August 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 plant-based chicken might look and taste like chicken, but that doesn’t mean it has the same impact on the human body as the real thing.

Bridging the gap between research and poultry

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

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.

She created a better future

CEO Commentary by Mike McMorris: Like most, I was shocked to hear of the passing of Jean Szkotnicki. She simply seemed too great a force to be taken.

wrapped bales sitting in a field ready for collection

Dairy farmers support research into ag plastic alternatives

Milk Producer, Late Summer 2023: A research team at the University of Guelph, led by Dr. Erica Pensini, is working on finding alternatives to agricultural plastics like bale wrap with funding from Dairy Farmers of Ontario.