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Pascal Th茅riault: For American farmers, it is impossible to do without Canadian potash

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聽told TVA Nouvelles.

Students weigh in on what matters to them in agriculture

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.聽

Students from 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Farm Management Technology (FMT) program told聽Farmtario聽what they see as the most important concerns young people have with agriculture and agri-food in Canada.

Coffee, stuck between inflation and shrinkflation鈥攃omments from Pascal Th茅riault

Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats, reports Radio-Canada.聽

A passion for animal welfare

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.

Live longer by swapping red meat for plant proteins: 麻豆传媒网站 research on CBC's What on Earth

Last year, a 麻豆传媒网站-led study 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.

Prof. Emeritus David Bird on wild turkey sightings in Montreal

Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise, Global News reports.

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.

Department of Bioresource Engineering welcomes astronaut David Saint-Jacques

The Department of Bioresource Engineering聽(BREE) enjoyed a visit last month from David Saint-Jacques, astronaut and Deputy Director, Lunar Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency, and BREE graduate Chris Patterson.

Ag Policy Connection podcast: The economics driving land use change, featuring Pascal Theriault

A new episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, a collaboration between RealAgriculture and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, features聽麻豆传媒网站 economist and agronomist Pascal Th茅riault, Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program, in an expert panel discussing the economics driving land use change.

Macdonald Grad Studies Office earns silver in 麻豆传媒网站's Sustainable Workplace Certification program

From left to right: Academic Associate聽Laura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude B茅langer, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, and聽Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit Charron

Better training for agricultural producers could reduce food insecurity

麻豆传媒网站 Bioresource Engineering Professors Val茅rie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to聽Le Devoir聽about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses would reduce global food insecurity.

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce Professor Anthony Ricciardi as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.

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Celebrating the legacy of Professor Roger Prichard

On Thursday, November 28, 2024, the Institute of Parasitology gathered to celebrate the remarkable career and retirement of Professor Roger Prichard at Tadja Hall.

Tracking puffins at dawn in Alaska

Collecting data on tufted puffins thanks to the Vivian Lewin and BELF Awards

In the eerie stillness of a misty Alaskan dawn, Cassandra Ciafro was already on the move by 3 a.m. Clad in camouflage, she melded seamlessly with the rugged cliffs, joining the seabirds in their lofty perches. Her mission? To deploy trackers and observe deitary patterns of the tufted puffin, a key indicator of the region鈥檚 fish stocks.

麻豆传媒网站 student pursues dream wildlife conservation career thanks to the Canada Award

Hear from Manuela Gonzalez Barrantes, first-year Environmental Biology student and Canada Award recipient from New Brunswick, on why she chose 麻豆传媒网站, how the Canada Award made that dream into reality, and her big plans for the future.聽

From cod to crops to cranberries: Lister 3MT competitors deliver

On November 27, the Macdonald Campus Office of Student Academic Services hosted the annual Lister Family Engaged Science Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, an event open to master鈥檚 and doctoral students from all disciplines in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.