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Bringing People Together Through the Soil & Crop Club

Giving grows from life’s work The Soil and Crop Club is rooted in bringing together everyone with a passion for the cropping aspects of agriculture. That includes students looking to grow...11 Apr 2023
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BDDC Developes Compostable Cutlery and Stir Sticks

U of G-Developed Cutlery, Stir Sticks from Biomaterials Reduce Plastic, CO2 Emissions  As Ottawa moves to ban several kinds of single-use plastics, new eco-friendly cutlery developed through...05 Apr 2023
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Barry Shelp Wins Plants 2021 Best Paper Award for the 10th Anniversary Special Issue

Dr. Barry Shelp, Professor Emeritus has been selected as the winner of the Plants 2021 Best Paper Award for the 10th Anniversary Special Issue. Papers published in the 10th Anniversary...24 Mar 2023
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Riley McConachie Wins The Clark-Newman-Clayton Award

Riley McConachie (a Master’s student in the Guelph wheat program his research centres on the genetics of Fusarium head blight resistance in winter wheat) was awarded the Clark-Newman-Clayton...23 Mar 2023

Dr. Tardif Featured on The Agronomists Show Monday, Jan. 3, 2023

Francois Tardif was featured on the show Monday, January 23, 2023. He was speaking about herbicide resistant weeds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf57P1rzNPk 24 Jan 2023
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Sara Stricker Wins Best Overall Use of Social Media for the Guelph Turfgrass Institute

The Guelph Turfgrass Institute opened its doors in 1987, the result of a partnership between the University of Guelph, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and the turfgrass industry. And while the...19 Jan 2023
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Drs. Jones and Bozzo Granted Licence to Study 'Magic Mushrooms'

As interest grows in the possible therapeutic effects of psilocybin — a key active compound in so-called “magic mushrooms”– University of Guelph plant science researchers are...27 Oct 2022
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2nd Year that Beans Grown as Part of Research Donated to Local Charities

For the second year in a row, crop researchers in the Department of Plant Agriculture have donated beans they grew to food charities in the city as well as to Hospitality Services at the University...21 Oct 2022
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GCUOF Looking for Volunteers

Volunteers Needed to Harvest Next week is going to be back into double digit temperatures, and sunny all weeks!  We have 6 beds left of beets and carrots to harvest in the field. We need...19 Oct 2022

Dr. Nasielski Quoted on CTV Northern Ontario News

Ontario Crops Research Centre in New Liskeard provides insight on crops to help area producers by Eric Taschner CTVNorthernOntario.ca Videojournalist Published Sept. 29, 2022 7:37 p.m. EDT...03 Oct 2022

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