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How can KTT practitioners leverage new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to amplify their work? That was the question addressed by two experts at the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance’s 2024 Knowledge Translation and Transfer (KTT) symposium on April 30.

The Alliance—a collaboration between the Government of Ontario and the University of Guelph— brought together nearly 200 attendees from government, academia, industry and the regional community to share and build skills for the future of KTT in agri-food, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI).

The new system, which could save growers tens of thousands of dollars per year, is based on research from Dr. Keith Warriner, food safety and microbiology professor in U of G's Department of Food Science, and developed and patented by Catharines, Ont., company Clean Works.

U of G researcher and food economist Dr. Mike Von Massow spoke with CBC's North by Northwest radio program about Canada's grocery code of conduct, its potential benefits for consumers and what the code will mean for your grocery bill.

Listen to the segment here: What does Canada's grocery code of conduct mean for your grocery bill?

Compost barns help farmers who are looking for a system with less equipment, but good cow comfort, according to Farmtario.

The outlet reported findings from recent research projects on Ontario dairy farms, conducted by students at the University of Guelph, including Dr. Angie Wilson, who is completing post-doctoral research in the lab of Dr. Renée Bergeron. 

Deckert recently joined Ontario Veterinary College’s (OVC) Department of Population Medicine as an assistant professor with a focus on swine health management.

Decker's work with swine research evolved from a place close to home, growing up on a pig farm and working closely with Dr. Robert Friendship as a summer research assistant while in veterinary school. 

Responses to the annual survey were collected by Dr. Brady Deaton, professor and McCain Family Chair in Food Security in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE) at the Unviersity of Guelph.

Since 2016, Deaton has led an annual survey open to all farmers in Ontario who own or rent farmland to better understand farmland values and rental rates. 

Ongoing investment is delivering producer-focused results for Ontario dairy farmers.

Read about how the Ontario Dairy Research Centre is helping Ontario producers through innovations like High Immune Response (HIR) technology, the development and testing of a two-part pain management approach for disbudding, and long-standing studies of methane emissions to yield climate-friendly dairy cattle.

Two University of Guelph-led research teams aiming to change the way fresh produce is grown in Canada have entered the second phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a $33-million challenge prize to grow berries out of season and at scale in Canada.

At the U of G Future of Cybersecurity in Agriculture event, Dehghantanha shared how hackers assess and exploit agricultural IT systems. He also shared tips to prevent a cybersecurity breach, what to do during an attack (should it occur), and what to do afterwards.

Read the story in Farmtario: Threat of agriculture-related cybercrime is rising