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OAC to offer new master’s program in plant agriculture

New program would run alongside research-based degrees

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 1, 2023

Ontario Agricultural College is seeking approvals to offer a new master’s degree in plant agriculture, which would designate plant science professionals operating at a grad-school level but not on the traditional research-based path. OAC said Wednesday its proposed new “master of plant agriculture” (MPAg) program would allow recent graduates and professionals to “quickly upgrade education

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Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 19, 2018

The home municipality for Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) former Kemptville campus is set to remake the site as an “education and community hub.” The municipality of North Grenville, which includes Kemptville, about 40 km south of Ottawa, closed a deal in December to purchase the Kemptville ag campus, with the official transfer due to take

Close up view of the working bees on honeycells.

Livestock, News

Bee die-offs from multiple causes

Experts and bee industry representatives say  the story’s been presented one dimensionally  by many in the media

By Alex Binkley June 29, 2016

Habitat loss, poor beekeeping practices and pesticides are among the biggest challenges facing bee populations, experts have told the Commons agriculture committee. Chris Cutler, an associate professor in the department of environmental sciences at Dalhousie University and also a beekeeper, said another challenge is a lack of information on wild bees, which are vital to

Livestock

Guelph animal science department rebrands

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 23, 2015

The Ontario Agricultural College’s department of animal and poultry science has hatched a new name meant to better take in the scope of its work. The new name, the Department of Animal Biosciences, “helps describe the department’s evolution from a livestock husbandry department in the 1870s to the highly dynamic and integrated department it is

Livestock

Ont. group to weigh school models for Kemptville

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 18, 2015

The Ontario government has set up its working group to consider options for the Ontario Agricultural College’s Kemptville campus beyond this year. The University of Guelph, which operates OAC, announced in spring 2014 it would wind down operations at its Kemptville and Alfred satellite campuses and consolidate its ag education and research operations at its

News

Expert says agriculture needs a rethink

By Shannon VanRaes April 7, 2012

Climate change is real and is one of the issues that will force farmers to change their practices, according to the head of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Many people are in denial about climate change, Craig Pearson told attendees at the University of Manitoba annual Bendelow Lecture in an address entitled “Changing Agriculture to

Livestock, News

OAC and OVC honour Temple Grandin

By University Of Guelph March 14, 2012

The animal scientist was awarded an honorary doctorate Temple Grandin, the renowned animal scientist, bestselling author and consultant to the livestock industry on animal welfare and behaviour, received an honorary doctorate of science at the winter convocation for the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) February 22. “As founding colleges of

Cereals, News

Hearings On GM Regulation Bill C-474 Shut Down

By Allan Dawson November 4, 2010

Preventing genetically modified (GM) crops from contaminating non-GM crops is practically impossible. That’s the message weed scientist Rene Van Acker would have given the House of Commons’ agriculture committee hearing on Bill C-474 in Ottawa Oct. 28, had he been given the opportunity. But hearings on NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s legislation came to an abrupt

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

Four Ontario farmers found guilty of stealing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean technology are unlikely to find sympathy from fellow farmers who abided by their contracts. But Monsanto’s decision to deny those farmers access to its seed technology for life is raising questions among industry observers concerned about concentration in the marketplace. In 2007, 65 per

News

Nuffield Scholar Examines Recruitment Strategies

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2009

The 2009 recipient of the Nuffield Scholarship will study agricultural college and university recruitment strategies. Karen Daynard, a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph, is concerned about the decline in numbers of students applying to agricultural programs. “With the industry at an exciting position where the potential for biotechnology

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OAC to offer new master’s program in plant agriculture

Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

Bee die-offs from multiple causes

Guelph animal science department rebrands

Ont. group to weigh school models for Kemptville

OAC and OVC honour Temple Grandin

Hearings On GM Regulation Bill C-474 Shut Down

Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

Nuffield Scholar Examines Recruitment Strategies

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