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Published on: 18 Mar 2025
After DDT use nearly wiped out peregrine falcons in the 20th century, numbers are collapsing again in many countries,
Though scientists have yet to determine a definite cause, many鈥攊ncluding 麻豆传媒网站 Professor Emeritus David Bird, who formerly led the University's Avian Science and Conservation Centre鈥攖hink聽highly pathogenic bird flu may be largely to blame.
Published on: 18 Mar 2025
A Sanimax animal rendering plant in Montreal's east end has drawn complaints from residents for years, largely centering on odors coming from the facility. Recently, an agreement reached between the company and the City of Montreal to address the issue by retrofitting the factory聽
Published on: 18 Mar 2025
Single-use plastics are everywhere鈥攂ut two 麻豆传媒网站 researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.
"Although plastic pollution wasn鈥檛 the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."
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Published on: 18 Mar 2025
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Published on: 17 Mar 2025
A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate change reshapes the region's food web.听
Published on: 17 Mar 2025
As the threat of impending tariffs and counter-tariffs loom, U.S. agricultural producers have very few options to substitute Canadian potash, an essential ingredient in fertilizer, 麻豆传媒网站 agronomist and economist聽Pascal Th茅riault听迟辞濒诲 TVA Nouvelles.
Published on: 11 Mar 2025
Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada鈥檚 25% counter-tariffs.
It might take a few weeks, but most retailers will pass the cost on to Quebecers, 麻豆传媒网站 agricultural economist Pascal Th茅riault, Farm Management and Technology Program Director,
Published on: 5 Mar 2025
Farm consolidation, lack of financial supports, and agriculture-inclusive education streams are some of the most important issues for students attending the recent Future of Food聽conference in Ottawa.听
Students from 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Farm Management Technology (FMT) program told聽贵补谤尘迟补谤颈辞听what they see as the most important concerns young people have with agriculture and agri-food in Canada.
For example, FMT student Jasmine Desaultels said there should be more financial help available for smaller operations.
Published on: 5 Mar 2025
Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats,
Published on: 5 Mar 2025
Although Andrea Amado doesn鈥檛 come from an agricultural background, she was drawn to farms from a young age. Originally from Argentina, she moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec with her family when she was four. Some of her earliest memories are of visiting farms and connecting with the animals, especially cows and horses. This interest eventually led her to 麻豆传媒网站, where she earned a B.Sc. in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 2023 and is now in her second semester of the聽M.Sc.
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Published on: 5 Mar 2025
In 2019, RBC released an alarming report聽revealing a labour shortage in Canada's agricultural sector that could reach 123,000 vacant positions, a slowdown in exports compared to our competitors, a growing proportion of university and college graduates compared to those with a secondary education or less, a shortfall in GDP, and more.
Published on: 26 Feb 2025
A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James 麻豆传媒网站 Professor Michael Ngadi has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to quickly and non-invasively identify the sex of a chick before it hatches.听
Published on: 12 Feb 2025
Last year, a found that replacing half their red and processed meat would increase people's life expectancy an average of nine months, while cutting their diet-related carbon footprint by 25 per cent.
Inspired by Veganuary, a U.K.-based challenge to eat vegan for the month of January, the CBC News podcast聽What on Earth聽interviewed lead author and PhD graduate of 麻豆传媒网站's Department of Animal Science, Olivia Auclair, now a research fellow at the University of Oxford.听
Published on: 5 Feb 2025
Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise,
Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.
This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.
Published on: 5 Feb 2025
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