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SPARK*AIR covers “squeaky clean” colostrum for calves
Today’s farms.com news Update features a video by SPARK*AIR coordinator Carol Moore, who outlines the five Qs of good colostrum management for calves: quality, quantity, quickness, quantifying failure of passive transfer, and (well, it’s sort of a Q) making sure … Continue reading
Posted in General news, Students
Tagged animal health, farming, Ontario Agricultural College, research, science, SPARK, University of Guelph
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It’s the year of the goat around here
The United Nations says 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. The nursing profession calls 2010 the International Year of the Nurse, recognizing the centennial year of the death of modern nursing’s founder, Florence Nightingale. In the Chinese lunar calendar, … Continue reading
Posted in Guelph Mercury
Tagged agriculture, climate change, environment, farmers, farming, Goats, Guelph Mercury, research, science, University of Guelph, Urban Cowboy
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When plants talk, this scientist listens
It’s a special time of the year. Tiny crop plants such as corn and soybeans are poking through the ground, creeping skyward to capture the sun’s warming rays. And they’re screaming their little green heads off about their no-good, sun-sucking … Continue reading
