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.
Supporting food security in Northern Ontario First Nations, making biocomposite parts for electric vehicles and using robotics for weeding vegetable crops are among the nearly 50 University of Guelph agri-food research projects to receive over $8 million in new funding from the Ontario government.
Announced today, the funding is intended to develop U of G innovations that support industry and make a difference to Ontario farmers and consumers.
A cutting-edge quarantine, isolation and recirculation facility opened today at the Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre in Alma, thanks to a $4.5-million investment from the Government of Ontario through the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario, and with support from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.
Join Guilherme Madureira this summer as he speaks with Dairy at Guelph faculty on the latest research – everything from dairy calf nutrition and management to designing breeding strategies for long-term and sustainable genetic improvement. New episodes are available each month on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or you can listen on the DairyatGuelph.ca website.
A University of Guelph study has found that reducing cow milking frequency can help treat ketosis, a common metabolic disorder that occurs within two weeks of delivering a calf.
This research was funded by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the University of Guelph.
Calling all U of G researchers: students, staff and faculty!
Learn how to use photography to tell your research story. Sign up for one of two free workshops: at the University of Guelph Arboretum or at the Ontario Dairy Research Centre in Elora.
Each workshop consists of a one-hour session, followed by an optional 30-minute Q&A with instructor Richelle Forsey, Photography Department Technician for the U of G School of Fine Art and Music.
Participants will explore:
Cattle are not the only ones enjoying the benefits of the Ontario Beef Research Centre’s greener pastures. That’s because the renewed and expanded 121-hectare perennial pastures just outside Elora provide more than a bovine buffet—their unique design makes them living laboratories, enabling research that aims to help beef producers lower the cost of production, safeguard the environment and increase profitability.