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Researchers with Dairy at Guelph at the University of Guelph are studying precision technologies, including wearable activity trackers and automatic feeders, to notch up knowledge and optimize their value to farmers.

In veterinary medicine, particularly within the dairy industry, wearable activity monitors provide similar benefits in research and in practice. High tech tools and data technology increasingly play a key role in enhancing animal health, optimizing production and providing whole herd analysis much faster than could previously be done using manual methods.

Scheduled to start in Fall 2024, the new master of plant agriculture program will address the demands of employers in the private and public sectors who are looking for professionals with advanced expertise in plant breeding, crop production and plant science.

The University of Guelph joined representatives from the Ontario Government and Ontario Pork today to celebrate the opening of the Ontario Swine Research Centre, a state-of-the-art facility that will enhance the province’s capacity for research, innovation and the development of new technology to benefit Ontario pork producers and consumers. Read more on the U of G News site.

U of G researchers Dr. Erica Pensini, in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Alejandro Marangoni, in the Ontario Agricultural College, are working on a biodegradable plant-based hay wrap alternative. Read more about this Alliance-funded project: Scientists one step closer to a sustainable bale wrap

A team of University of Guelph researchers led by Dr. Keith Warriner, a professor in the Department of Food Science in the Ontario Agricultural College, helped to develop a global web-based food safety toolbox.

As Canada’s Food University, the University of Guelph is shining a light on all the ways we are supporting and improving Canada’s food systems in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Food Day Canada on August 5, 2023. Continue reading to get a "taste" of the exciting stories, news and updates that University of Guelph students, faculty, researchers and staff have been a part of over the past year that support food and food systems.

The 2023 Rural Symposium took place on March 2, 2023. This issue of Rural Review contains oral and poster presentations from the event. Please feel free to follow up with presenters if you have questions or would like further information. 

The following presentations received funding from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance:

The air pollution caused by smoke from forest fires across Canada is cause for concern for creatures large and small. That includes horses, who are at increased risk of developing equine asthma from smoke exposure, says Dr. Janet Beeler-Marfisi of the Ontario Veterinary College.

Despite retiring from his academic position, University of Guelph professor Dr. Wayne Caldwell continues his decades-long work to support rural Ontario and the people who depend on it.

Dr. Wayne Caldwell

Led by PhD student Amanda Armstrong and Dr. David Kelton, a professor in the Ontario Veterinary College, the team set out to better understand the relationship between hock and knee injuries and lameness in dairy cattle. They wanted to know what causes these injuries and how they can be resolved.