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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).

Hallett discussed her Alliance-funded research that involves determining whether canola flower midge (CFM) migrated from the Prairies, or whether it is a native species that adapted to using canola as a host, and how the two midges interact.

Ontario is the only province that battles both swede midge and CFM. Worse yet, the two species may work together.

The teams are in phase two of the Homegrown Innvoation Challenge, which has granted each team up to $1 million to create small-scale, proof-of-concept solutions that make growing food more environmentally and economically sustainable. 

Dr. Youbin Zheng, researcher in the School of Environmental Sciences, is part of the AI Farming group, collaborating with industry partners and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Visit the largest university open house of its kind in North America. Entirely student-run and organized, 2024 College Royal invites the community to explore the University of Guelph.