Research Projects

Cow-calf farms tend to prefer outdoor breeding, poor-quality drinking water can have a direct impact on animal health, and may lead to higher pathogen levels in the environment and at slaughter time, and negative consequences for food safety.

Based on previous work conducted at IRDA and our team’s expertise, this project looks to finalize the development of a robust and cost-effective swine slurry bioconversion system.

Development of optimized cleaning methods that are readily measurable with an effective real-time indicator.

This project will evaluate labour productivity and identify best practices and recommendations to boost the pork industry competitiveness.

Project to determine the real value of the phosphorus load associated with bison production in Québec.

The project’s objective is to make available an indoor and outdoor exercise yard design that improves dairy cow and calf well-being while complying with Québec regulations.

The purpose of our project was to generate benchmark data on phosphorus discharge from bison farms in Québec.

This project is part of a broader effort to develop a descriptive grid of agricultural biomass residues to support decisions about how they can optimally be recovered.

Economic analysis for an Agrinova project that measures the optimal amount of hulless barley to replace some of the grain corn in dairy cow rations without affecting milk production and milk components.

Economic analysis of a project initiated by Agrinova to encourage cows to move from the pasture to the milking parlor.

The aim of this project is to show that efforts made to better distribute phosphorus on the land are effective and that the indicators used to determine phosphorus saturation thresholds are correlated with soil phosphorus balance and dynamics.

This project will draw recommendations to reduce fugitive emissions through technical means or agricultural practices.

The aim of this project was to identify manure management strategies that boost productivity on Québec dairy farms and reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.

This project was set up to test the nutrient balance sheet method as a tool for estimating phosphorus output from pullets and laying hens.

This project will determine the nitrogen efficiency coefficient (EC) of pelleted laying hen manure, a source that is interesting an increasing number of growers, both organic and conventional, because of its efficiency.