How are healthy soils good for business? The team at Soils at Guelph asks Ontario farmers how investing in soil health practices is economically beneficial for the farm. Explore five engaging episodes highlighting soil health reminders about minimizing disturbance, year-round roots, building organic matter, keeping it covered, and diversifying your rotations.
Engineering a robot to harvest tomatoes, making microplastic-free green composites and using responsible artificial intelligence are among more than 40 University of Guelph agri-food research projects receiving more than $7 million in new funding from the Government of Ontario.
This funding will support U of G research that delivers solutions for Ontario’s farmers, agribusinesses and rural communities
A slow-burning conversation ignited this spring as researchers, technology companies and agri-food experts came together through multiple events to shape the future of cybersecurity in the agri-food sector.
Raizada, whose plant microbiome research is funded in part by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, and other scientists in North America, Asia and elsewhere are trying to exploit the relationship between plants, bacteria and other microbes.
So-called "biologicals" have the potential to fix nitrogen, improve disease resistance or retrieve nutrients from the soil.
How do nutrients move through the soil to the root's surface? Understanding how essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus move through the soil is key to helping growers choose the best application strategies.
Watch the episode on RealAgriculture: Soil School: How nutrients move and the impact on fertilizer management
Dr. Jocelyn Smith is Ridgetown’s new Assistant Professor in Field Crop Entomology. Smith will continue to be based out of U of G's Ridgetown Campus as she joins OAC’s School of Environmental Sciences.
As a dedicated entomologist, she will boost Ridgetown Campus' teaching and research impact.
Epp, an Alliance-funded researcher and a rural planning and development professor at U of G, discussed the state of cannabis production as a form of agriculture.
Watch the short segment on TVO Today: The State of Cannabis Production in Ontario
Enhancements will be made to the Superior Plant Upgrading and Distribution (SPUD) Unit in New Liskeard thanks to an investment of up to $330,000 from the governments of Canada and Ontario through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).
A recent Alliance-funded study found that young calves show more pain responses when not treated with pain control at castration. However, the study also showed that there was no impact on average daily gain by mitigating the pain at castration.
