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  Are livestock industries prepared for life after COVID?

  Farmtario, 21 October, 2020: Every parent has heard that phrase coming from the backseat! Now, as adults, we find ourselves asking that relative to the pandemic affecting us in so many ways. The end date is unknown, but what can we expect the Ontario livestock sector look like post-COVID?

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  Dairy sector ready for second wave of COVID-19

  Ontario Dairy Farmer, November 2020: As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gathers steam in Canada, the nation’s food supply chain - and the dairy sector in particular - is much better prepared to handle new rounds of upheaval than six months ago.

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  Work continues on schedule at new beef research facilities in Elora

  Ontario Beef, October 2020: The new cow barn and some of the renovated pastures at the University of Guelph’s research farm near Elora are now in use - and work continues on construction of the new feedlot.

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  Innovation Insights: Build back better?

  Commentary by Mike McMorris, LRIC CEO, October 2020: While most focus the past six months has been on dealing with COVID-19, you will have heard people talking recently about “Building Back Better”. But just what exactly does that mean?

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  Poultry: Cage-free production requires health program rethink

  LRIC newsletter, October 2020: Cage-free egg production results in poultry health problems not commonly seen in conventional laying hens.

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  Swine: A better understanding of the impact of PRRS on reproduction

  LRIC newsletter, October 2020: University of Saskatchewan researchers are investigating the reproductive impacts of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome on pig fetuses.

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  Feed: From food waste to animal feed

  LRIC newsletter, October 2020: A Dutch company has developed fermentation technology to produce fatty acids from fruit and vegetable waste for inclusion into animal feed.

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  Beef: Genomic time travel for more resilient cattle

  LRIC newsletter, October 2020: An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of 172 African cattle and retraced their genetic evolution.

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  Dairy: New DNA-test for rapid A1 detection in milk

  LRIC newsletter, October 2020: A Swiss biotech company has developed a quick, reliable way to identify the presence of A1 beta-casein in milk.

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