Livestock Research Innovation Corporation

News release: Livestock Research Innovation Corporation re-appoints chair, vice chair

June 21, 2024: The Chair and Vice Chair of Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) have been re-appointed to their positions for another year. Don Gordon will serve a second year as Chair of the organization, and RJ Taylor will continue as Vice Chair.

News release: Two winners of Early Career Research Award named

June 21, 2024: Two University of Guelph researchers have been named as winners of the 2024 Early Career Research Award: Dr. Ataharul Chowdhury and Dr. Sam Workenhe.

Back to the future

CEO Commentary: We are heading deeper into a new world of farming, one with a huge impact from engineering and technologies. While not new, this is a bit of a throwback with a renewed interest in agriculture from the engineering world.

Deckert joins swine faculty at OVC

Better Pork, June 2024: Over three decades ago, Dr. Anne Deckert first started working at the Ontario Veterinary College as a summer student for Dr. Bob Friendship. This past February, following his retirement, she returned full-time to OVC when she became an assistant professor.

News release: Upcoming livestock symposium focuses on engineering a better farm

May 27, 2024: Farmers, researchers and automation industry experts will tackle the topic of engineering a better farm at the annual Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) symposium on June 20. Dr. Mary Wells, Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, will headline a panel that explores how research from outside the agriculture sector could be used for the benefit of the livestock industry.

Feeding the Future

CEO Commentary: The agri-food industry is the most important in the world – we all need to eat. Research and innovation have enabled tremendous change in the livestock sector, and we can expect that change to increase in rate.

Global leaders gather to take action on sustainable livestock production

Milk Producer, April 2024: Livestock are seen as both a source of greenhouse gas emissions and a solution to climate change. To help bring balance, dialogue and understanding to the issue, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations last fall hosted the first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation.

The protein shortage problem is real

Farmtario, April 29, 2024: The world has a protein problem. To be more precise, it has a protein shortage problem. Once digestibility and amino acid balance are considered, there is actually less protein than what’s needed to satisfy human requirements. This shortage can only get worse in coming years with rising populations, a desire by a growing middle class for more protein in their diets, and production challenges resulting from climate change.

Putting the “I” in Innovation

CEO Commentary: Innovation is a system that relies on having funding, clear and meaningful priorities, excellent project management, means of getting research into practice (GRIP), and commercialization. The key ingredient to successful innovation though is clear: people.