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A collaboration between OMAFRA and the University of Guelph
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Stories of the Alliance people, places and programs generating impact in the agri-food sector in Ontario and around the world. |
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In this issue:
- Celebrating 65 years of long-term rotation plot research with key findings available in infographic form;
- How one PhD researcher is digging up dirt on an onion fungus to help mount defensive strategies;
- Take a virtual tour of the Ontario Dairy Research Centre in Elora and see how it benefits the agri-food sector;
- Exciting new KTT events starting this fall; and
- News and publications.
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U of G Research Phase-In Framework for COVID-19 |
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Tier 1 Funding Call: Apply for operating funding |
The 2020/21 Tier 1 Research Program will launch soon. Information about the Call and town hall will be posted and shared through a Research Alert. |
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Knowledge Translation and Transfer funding call |
The 2020/21 KTT research funding call will launch on Oct. 14. A virtual town hall information session will be scheduled.
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Research and Program Highlights |
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Ontario onion attacker is in the weeds |
A stubborn new fungus is attacking Ontario onions. Luckily, it does not cause foodborne illness, but it could make your onions smaller and more likely to sprout in storage, leading to potential lost revenues for growers and lower quality onions for consumers.
Researchers are a few steps closer to understanding the culprit, called Stemphylium leaf blight, thanks to research completed by PhD candidate Sara Stricker in the Department of Plant Agriculture.
Stricker’s research, completed over several years at the Bradford Muck Crops Research Station and partially funded by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, aims to unearth information about Stemphylium’s lifecycle so farmers can better control the pathogen.
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Crop Rotation Counts: Key Findings from Long-Term Rotation Plot Research |
Some innovations take time. The Elora Research Station and Ridgetown Campus have housed applied long-term crop rotation, tillage system, and nitrogen experiments since 1980 and 1995, respectively, generating results that benefit the agri-food sector and farmers in Ontario and around the world.
Download the four brand-new “Crop Rotation Counts” infographics highlighting the latest research and recommendations stemming from work at these plots, created in partnership with Soils at Guelph.
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Focus ON: Ontario's Agricultural Research Stations |
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Ontario Dairy Research Centre at the Elora Research Station |
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It takes time, labour, specialized staff training, and several hundred cows to conduct the kind of research that goes on at the Ontario Dairy Research Centre in Elora, Ont. Created to replicate a traditional dairy operation—but optimized with modern technology—this 175,000-square-foot research and teaching facility provides a one-of-a-kind environment for faculty and students while operating as a fully functional dairy.
Construction of this facility was completed in 2015 under a collaboration among ARIO, the University of Guelph, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and the Ontario dairy industry, represented by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.
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Supporting essential dairy research to benefit the sector |
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The Ontario Dairy Research Centre can accommodate research that is critically important to the dairy sector, including animal health and welfare, genetics and genomics, animal nutrition, dairy management and technology, and product development.
For example, ongoing projects at the station include a study that aims to improve feed conversion toward increased milk production and reduce methane emissions, a project examining different planes of nutrition on healing after disbudding, and a genetic assessment of stress resilience in dairy cattle and sheep. |
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Questions about the studies listed or about ongoing research projects at the research stations?
Contact:
researchstation.info@
uoguelph.ca
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“The facility presents a unique opportunity to control our experimental designs in such a way that we can apply treatments at a cow level and have full individual animal measurements when it comes to their food consumption, production, behaviour, and metabolic responses.”
– Prof. Trevor DeVries
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Take a tour of the Ontario Dairy Research Centre |
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We look forward to welcoming guests interested in dairy research to the facility when COVID-19 enhanced biosecurity protocols are lifted.
In 2019, we hosted 47 tours for more than 1,250 guests.
Until then, you can tour the Ontario Dairy Research Centre virtually via an interactive 360º facility tour. Explore the robotic milking system, maternity and special needs pens, lactation cow housing, rotary parlour, and see the calf nursery in action.
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Skills for Research Impact workshop series starting Sept. 29 |
Join us on Sept. 29 for the first free session in the series on Planning for Research Impact, or "knowledge mobilization 101". |
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Research station webinar series launches with focus on Simcoe Research Station |
Explore research at the Simcoe Research Station with Prof. Praveen Saxena and Barbara Yates from Ferrero Rocher at the first of four webinar events.
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Advancing the Science of KTT in Agri-Food |
The University of Guelph and OMAFRA will co-host a digital event on Oct. 28 to discuss evidence-based agriculture and the importance of KTT research in the agri-food sector. |
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Make an Alliance Connection |
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Comments? Feedback? Events or content to include? Email kttadmin@uoguelph.ca. |
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