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The Grower features Plant Ag staff

This month, The Grower featured articles on prof. Mary Ruth McDonald, and also Shawn Janse, manager of the Muck Crops Research Station (MCRS). Mary Ruth McDonald penned an article on "New...09 May 2014
The Good Season weed cookbook cover

Weed Cookbook

The Good Season, a cookbook featuring recipes with edible weeds, was released this spring by Michelle Arseneault and Michelle Carkner. Michelle Arseneault is now a grad student in Plant Ag working...08 May 2014
Fawn Turner, Grad Student and Woman of Distinction

Women of Distinction

Plant Ag's own Fawn Turner was nominated for this years annual Women of Distinction fundraising gala. The event is put on by the YMCA-YWCA, and is in its 19th year celebrating women who have made...08 May 2014
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Ontario Graduate Scholarship winners

Robert Bruce and Cora Loucks were awards Ontario Graduate Scholarships for 2014-15.  OGS awards are merit-based scholarships available to students in all disciplines of academic study. The...07 May 2014
Prof. Lewis Lukens

Crop Domestication

Prof. Lewis Lukens and PhD student Ann Meyer of the Department of Plant Agriculture examined why domestic crops have been so slow to take root. Their research, now published in the current issue of...06 May 2014
Prof. Istvan Rajcan

Prof. Rajcan receives $2M for soybean research

Prof. Istvan Rajcan of the Department of Plant Agriculture was awarded a Collaborative Research and Development Grant worth a total of $500,000. Rajcan will use this funding, along with previous...06 May 2014
Varsha Jayasankar awarded first place

Sanofi BioGENEius Competition

Twenty youth from across southwestern Ontario competed in Sanofi's BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) at the University of Guelph on Thursday. The event was hosted by the...05 May 2014
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Graduate Prize for Publishing Awards

The Graduate Prize for publishing awards were presented at a reception held May 1st at the Greenhouse cafe in the Bovey building. The spring 2014 recipients are: Gregory Downs Downs, G S, C...02 May 2014
Milad Eskandari

Milad featured in Western Producer

Last week Dr. Mehrzad (Milad) Eskandari and his work with soybean breeding was featured in the Western Producer's article Plant breeders support Ontario soybean exports. Milad plays a...30 Apr 2014
CAMA - Pictured in the back are Rob Bos, Melissa Parkinson, Jeremy Fallis and Eammon McGuinty. In the front are Stefanie Nagelschmitz, Laura Nanne, Emily Den Haan, Jill Brown, Elizabeth Stubbs and Lucas Meyer.

University of Guelph CAMA Student Chapter Advances to Semi-Finals in North American Competition

The University of Guelph CAMA Student Chapter Competed against 30 teams from across North America and was a semi-finalist (in the top 12).   On April 9th the team presented their eight-month...24 Apr 2014

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