Five-year milestone and five years of additional support

Five-year milestone and five years of additional support

Five years, 60 months, 260 weeks or 1,825 days — however you count it — the Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production (TACLP) at Olds College recently celebrated its anniversary with another five years of financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Established in 2016 after receiving its first Technology Access Centre grant, the TACLP is dedicated to improving animal health and welfare, increasing production efficiency, and enhancing environmental sustainability for beef and sheep production.

The TACLP is one of 60 centres across Canada to receive funding to support technology development through innovative services and applied research. This federally funded grant encourages productivity, innovation, networking, and sharing of best practices by enabling centres to readily access college expertise, technology, and equipment. With this renewed support from NSERC, the TACLP will continue to leverage the Smart Farm and integrate the growing infrastructure of smart ag technologies.

The TACLP has supported the development, optimization and validation of innovative on-farm technologies and practices in order to enhance producer viability,” says Sean Thompson, Manager of the Olds College TACLP. “This has been made possible by leveraging the IT, data science and agronomic experience of the Olds College Smart Farm.

Pictured Above: Sean Thompson, Manager of TACLP, in the feedlots at Olds College.