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Livestock Agroecosystems

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Cattle Country: Closing the loop: The role of food waste in a circular bioeconomy

December 1, 2022 — 
The following article was written by Peter Frohlich, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), University of Manitoba.  It was originally published in Cattle Country in December 2022.

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Dr. Harmeet Chawla

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

New Plant Science prof to use bioinformatics to design resilient crops

December 1, 2022 — 
Dr. Harmeet Singh Chawla joined the Department of Plant Science as Assistant Professor in Plant Genomics and Genetics on August 15, 2022.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Calling for nominations for Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences 2023 Certificate of Merit

November 30, 2022 — 
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences annual award recognizes community leaders

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

New Biosystems Engineering instructor enjoys helping students tackle complex ideas

November 29, 2022 — 
Ella Morris joined the Department of Biosystems Engineering as Instructor I (Indigenous Scholar) on September 1, 2022.

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Herd of cattle in pasture

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

New website a valuable resource on livestock production research

November 25, 2022 — 
The National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE) has launched a new website that puts a wealth of information at the fingertips of the producers, researchers and other industry stakeholders. 

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CBC Future 40 list highlights UM big thinkers and change makers

November 22, 2022 — 
CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 Awards are back and the announcement comes with a significant list of UM representation.

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The UM STARlab team in the clean room at Magellan Aerospace with the UM satellite

Actually, it is rocket science

November 18, 2022 — 
Ferguson is an associate professor in mechanical engineering, the NSERC / Magellan Aerospace Industrial Research Chair in Satellite Engineering at UM, and the director of STARLab, a suite of projects based in the Price Faculty of Engineering and where he is telling me about his work.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Biosystems engineering alumni honoured for achievements

November 15, 2022 — 
The Biosystems Engineering Alumni of Influence Awards recognize those who graduated in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Top Crop Manager: “Immunizing” canola against blackleg

November 11, 2022 — 
Biological technique developed at UM showed successful control of virulent pathogen in trial.

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Keenan Karish walks in front of university building.

Donor Relations

Scholarship helps make university dream a reality for a first-year student

November 2, 2022 — 
Scholarship supports make it possible for student to focus on studies while transitioning form an urban setting to a post-secondary education.

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