Investing in Seed Facility to Support Economic Growth

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TORONTO – The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $330,000 through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to enhance the Superior Plant Upgrading and Distribution (SPUD) Unit in New Liskeard. The SPUD Unit supports farmers and the wider agriculture and food industry by offering testing for plant diseases and providing a stock of healthy plants to …

Ontario Modernizing Agri-Food Research

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Proposed legislation will help the agri-food sector remain on the cutting-edge of innovation ORONTO – The Ontario government is updating legislation to strengthen the agriculture and food industry through research and innovation. Changes to the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario Act (ARIO) would, if passed, broaden the scope of research in Ontario to help the agri-food industry stay on the cutting edge …

Investing in New Poultry Research Centre

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Province committing $13.5 million to advance sector research and drive innovation ELORA — The Ontario government is investing $13.5 million in a new, poultry research centre in Elora. The Government of Ontario, the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO) and the province’s four poultry industry boards signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in the new Ontario Poultry Research Centre …