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Ontario farmers are early adopters in a technological shift to robotics and artificial intelligence.

The Alliance-funded soil scientist and professor in U of G's School of Environmental Sciences within the Ontario Agricultural College was selected from 32 nominations. The Prize is awarded to a young scientist or engineer who has made notable contributions to research in Canada.

Biswas' research aims to increase agricultural production while improving environmental sustainability.

The 2024 Rural Symposium took place on March 5, co-hosted by the U of G School of Environmental Design and Rural Development and the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.

This annual event provides an opportunity for U of G graduate students to showcase their rural research to policymakers, policy analysts and OMAFRA program staff. The event also facilitates valuable knowledge mobilization and network building.

Multidisciplinary research led by Dr. Wanhong Yang, professor of Geography at the University of Guelph, and funded over many years by Food from Thought, Environment and Climate Change Canada, ALUS Canada, and the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, is using computer models to identify "hot spots" where agriculture is impacting southern Ontario watersheds.

Reducing antifungal resistance and increasing livestock health and productivity are the goals of two Canada Research Chairs (CRC) for University of Guelph researchers.

Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will hold a new Tier 2 chair in Proteomics of Fungal Disease in One Health.

The latest iteration of Guelph Intelligent Greenhouse Automation System (GIGAS), a smart robot developed at The Robotics Institute @ Guelph, harvests tomatoes using AI-powered vision and an innovative gripping system. It uses deep learning and an image database to identify the tomato amidst environmental obstacles and to figure out how to grab it from the vine.

U of G researchers Dr. Michael Steele, a professor in the Department of Animal Biosciences, and Dr. David Renaud, a professor in the Department of Population Medicine, aim to enhance calf welfare and increase the sustainability of the Canadian dairy, beef, and veal industries.

Improving innovation and sustainability in the Canadian poultry and egg sector is the goal of a new $3.5 million gift from the William and Lynne Gray Foundation and L.H. Gray & Son Limited to the University of Guelph.

The gift will create the Bill and Lynne Gray Chair in Advanced Poultry Technology Management in the Department of Animal Biosciences within the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC).