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Innovative sheep producers develop technology tools to improve management and profitability. With a goal of continuous improvement of their high performance breeding flock, sheep producers John and Eadie Steele of Norwood, Ontario have developed and invested in new...
Unique healthy apple snacks to be produced in new Ontario processing facility. Martin’s Family Fruit Farm of Waterloo, Ontario has grown to become one of the larger growers, packers, and shippers of apples in Canada over the past 40 years. They grow their own apples...
For Mark and Sally Benard, their farm is not just about a business opportunity, but a big picture philosophy. “Both need to be an equal priority when in organic production,” says Sally from their Prince Edward Island farm located between Summerside and Charlottetown....
The statistics suggest one story. Young farmers tell another. The latest Census of Agriculture found the number of young farmers continues to plunge – with the percentage of farm operators under age 35 down nearly 60 per cent in the last two decades (8.2% in 2011...
Before he started succession planning, Kevin Olson first got pretty good at avoiding it. “The hardest part is getting started,” says the 50-year-old farmer from Plenty, Sask. “It’s easy to talk about it in generalities, but then you all kinda go back and start working...
To grow the farming business you have today, you’ve invested years of your life and the bulk of your financial assets. But sooner or later, it’s inevitable that someone other than you will own and run your farm. Perhaps you’ll transfer your operation...
