University of Guelph

I'm 18 years old from Cornwall.

I want to be a veterinarian, so I'm a first-year animal biology student at the University of Guelph.

I've been volunteering at the rescue farm for a couple years now, I think.

I kind of got dragged into it because I started doing hay, and then it was kind of like, well, once you start doing hay, you're never getting out.

Obviously, this decreases their ability to resist disease, especially during transport.

The University of Guelph found that 20% of 5,000 veal calves arrived at a veal facility with a sunken flank.

And those calves with a sunken flank had a four-fold greater risk of dying within the first 21 days after arrival compared to calves without a sunken flank.

Researchers believe a sunken flank may reflect long periods between milk feeding and depleted energy reserves, not just a calf that missed one feeding.

Robert Hege, Director of Grounds for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, home of the Toronto FC of MLS and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

Robert earned his diplomas in horticulture and turf grass management from the University of Guelph before spending the past 17 years transforming BMO Field into one of the world's premier natural grass stadiums through pioneering advances in hybrid turf, grow lighting, undersoil heating, and performance-driven field management.

His leadership culminated this summer when BMO successfully hosted six FIFA World Cup matches, cementing his reputation as one of North America's most accomplished sports turf professionals.

Robert and I will discuss the technology in use on his fields, and this includes his nutrient and water management program.

When did the turf work start after you moved to Canada?

So I was in Canada, fell into working on a golf course like a lot of us do when we're 15, 16 years old, and kind of bounced around in the golf world with Club Blank, a pretty big golf company up here, and then decided that I really liked this gig and there was something to it.

Went to University of Guelph for horticulture, diploma first, continued at the University of Guelph with diploma in turfgrass management.

Nice.

Obviously, as Michael has said, All universities and colleges have been really challenged by the change to the international student rules.

But as we adjust to that and sort of bake it into our planning, we're looking at strong domestic growth at the University of Windsor and also really looking to make sure that our position as a world-class university, we just passed the University of Guelph, for example, in the QS rankings as a research institute.

We want to make sure that both the province and the nation and internationally were recognized as one of the top research universities in Canada.

And we think

And today in our podcast, we have Felix Yeri.

So Felix is a PhD candidate in animal biosciences at the University of Guelph.

Today, we'll be talking about alternative ingredients in North City pigs, especially from the protein standpoint.

So Felix, welcome to the podcast.

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That would be fun.

I also did horticulture.

at Kentville College, which is a branch of Guelph University.

I've also done woodworking.

And