Tier 1 Projects

Hexanal as a mobiliser to channel nutrients into fruits and mitigating bitterpit in apple


Lead Applicant: Jayasankar Subramanian

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Developing commercial scale agronomic practices and the value chain for sesame seed in Ontario


Lead Applicant: Rene Van Acker

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe

Investigating cultural management practices for emerging hops pests and their impact on crop yield and quality


Lead Applicant: Rene Van Acker

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe

Exploring producer motivations and management practices associated with internal teat sealant use and teat sealant residues on farms with automated milking systems


Lead Applicant: Rita Couto Serrenho

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Progressing towards dairy calves resilient to heat stress: Effects of epigenetics, housing, and management


Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Sow mortality in Ontario: A comprehensive study to assess trends and identify risk factors


Lead Applicant: Terri O'Sullivan

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Investigating kinetics and biology of mucosal immunity to gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep


Lead Applicant: Emma Borkowski

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Sheep Research Centre - Ponsonby

Evaluating sustainable bedding materials to enhance dairy cow health and welfare in Ontario compost-bedded pack housing systems


Lead Applicant: Renee Bergeron

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Cost effective carbon capture and re-use system for sustainable farming


Lead Applicant: Wael Ahmed

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Characterizing the exposure of soil and field crops to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances from the land application of biosolids


Lead Applicant: Ryan Prosser

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA