The Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production (TACLP) at Olds College of Agriculture & Technology has been recognized on the national stage.
The Alberta Technology Access Centres (TAC), which includes the TACLP at Olds College, earned the Best Inter-Institutional Collaboration TAC Innovate Award at the Tech-Access Canada TAC Innovation Awards Soirée in Montreal last week.
“This award recognizes the collaborative efforts of these centres across five Alberta post-secondary institutions to enhance the success and sustainability of specialized, industry and client-focused applied research,” said Lorna Baird, Manager of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Olds College.
TACLP uses its resources — which include a 1,000-head capacity feedlot, commercial cow-calf herd, purebred Red Angus herd, sheep flock, and broadacre native and tame pasture — to demonstrate, evaluate and optimize technologies with the potential to improve animal health and welfare, increase production efficiency and enhance environmental sustainability.
“We’re extremely honoured to be recognized by Tech-Access Canada,” said Sean Thompson, Director of the TACLP at Olds College. “We look forward to breaking new ground in the future as we continue to grow Canada’s livestock industry.”
For more information about the livestock research conducted at TACLP, visit the Olds College website.
For more information about the livestock research conducted at TACLP, visit the Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production page.