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Canada And Alberta Support Farm Families With Irrigation Investments

 
The Governments of Canada and Alberta are providing $1 million in grants to improve water management, environmental sustainability and agricultural production.
 
The grants will provide funding to help irrigation districts and irrigators plan and develop tools that will enhance innovation and improve efficiency of Alberta's irrigation systems.
 
The $1 million grant program is part of the Growing Forward 2 federal-provincial-territorial initiative that has a mandate to drive an innovative, competitive and profitable Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.
 
Source : Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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The Swine it Podcast Show, Dr. Maria Walsh, Chief Operating Officer at Biofractal, explains how transcriptomics and AI are helping swine producers better understand the gap between genetic potential and commercial performance. Dr. Walsh discusses metabolic efficiency, disease resilience, PRRS challenges, and practical on-farm biological insights using blood samples and AI-powered analysis. She also explains how nutrition, health, and production data can work together to improve decision-making. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Gene expression data provides biological insight into how pigs respond to nutrition, stress, and health challenges before visible production losses occur."