As drenches become a less potent option for parasite control, there has also been more interest in selecting for a genetic ability to respond to parasite burden. Borkowski’s lab at U of G has been ...

Challenges The trouble for Snyder began in early 2024 when the Region of Waterloo made an unsolicited offer to purchase the farm. The Region was looking to expand industrial lands, and Snyder’s ...

Chatham-Kent-Leamington MPP Jones was elected in 2022 and has since held several notable roles at Queen’s Park. He previously served as a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food, ...

This is a real handy gadget. Just point it and the thermometer will tell you the temperature of the spot where the laser beam contacts the object. This is great for checking for dragging brakes or hot ...

Geddes notes that one case of glyphosate-resistant downy brome has been confirmed in Southern Alberta. He has also observed a low abundance of Group 2 resistant Japanese brome and Group 1 resistant ...

In this study, the team observed that the group that received 0.3 per cent inclusion of the extract had greater villi height to crypt depth in the intestine, indicating greater nutrient absorption ...

Models can create a ‘digital twin’ of the farm, consider the physiological requirement of a specifically-defined sow, and recommend a feed curve for sows in different body conditions (normal, lean, or ...

“In most cases, unless livestock are on pasture, the source in rural Ontario will be private well water. Ontario groundwater, in general, is good quality. There may be a few instances where the ...

Farmers across Ontario are breathing a sigh of relief following the recent passing of Canada’s new Right-to-Repair law – which could offer farmers many solutions and allow them to repair and maintain ...

Nicolea Dowe, Manitoba: “We had problems cutting canola with severe verticillium stripe infections. Since the stems were weakened, several areas were flat on the ground and were very difficult to cut, ...

Though it is not always done with malice, the incidence of hacking as part of cyber-attacks in many industries, including agriculture, is on the rise. These attacks aim to “steal, expose, alter, ...

“Rural healthcare continues to be ignored, under-resourced, and is a very different healthcare than is delivered in urban areas. Rural medicine and urban medicine are very different, and present ...