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  Automation: Effectiveness of agtech solutions on ranches being put to the test

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: Researchers evaluating the effectiveness of ag technology on cattle ranches in Western Canada.

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  Sustainability: One challenge, many answers, three approaches

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: Alberta prof proposes systems approach to enhancing grassland biodiversity.

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  Alternative Proteins: What the meat industry could learn from Impossible Foods

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: It's time for the livestock and poultry industries to be proactive on innovation to secure a stable future for animal proteins, writes the author of the weekly Prime Future newsletter.

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  Climate Change: Why is no one talking about agriculture as a solution?

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: Agriculture has enormous climate change mitigating capacities that aren't been harnessed - why is that?

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  Poultry: Broiler chicks' distress calls a sign of stress?

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: UK scientists believe broiler chicks make distress calls in response to stressors in their environments, like cold, heat, social isolation or food or water restriction.

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  Swine: "Piglet balconies" boost performance in weaner pigs

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: A recent German vet school trial has found that weaner pigs in pens with an extra platform perform better than those living in pens with a single floor.

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  Beef: Climate change may decrease pasture quality

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: Researchers are concluding that climate change may result in worsening pasture conditions for grazing cattle.

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  Dairy: Milk can predict methane emissions in dairy cows

  LRIC newsletter, September 2020: Researchers at Wageningen University have shown that methane emissions of dairy cows can be predicted using milk.

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  Innovation Insights: Time for an Ontario Livestock Manifesto?

  Commentary by Mike McMorris, LRIC CEO, September 2020: Is it time for an Ontario Livestock Manifesto?

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