3 Reminders As Mobile Adoption Grows Exponentially

Every second, twelve Android devices are activated. In the last three months, Apple has sold 26 million iPhones. These are big numbers, especially when you look to the launch of these devices just a few short years ago. In fact when BlackBerry was Canada’s crown jewel...

Ontario DNA barcoding project to improve weed management

At the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario located at the University of Guelph, Dr. Steven Newmaster is using high-tech DNA barcoding to positively identify weeds.  Call it CSI – crop science investigation – if you like, but those same DNA techniques used on crime shows...

Young Farmers’ Needs

“I have adopted strategic business management because it allows me to enjoy my time on the tractor, and evenings with my wife.” Cedric MacLeod As a young farmer, I owe so much to my mentors – my father has constantly inspired and encouraged me and I’ve learned a...

Report on Roundup Ready alfalfa highlights risks and benefits

Any time genetically modified crops (GMOs), market access and multiple stakeholders are mixed together, the recipe for conflict can be high.  But in a collaborative project, Canada’s forage industry came together over the last year to develop a report outlining the...

Where are they now? Cranberries still keeping the Keefer family busy

When interviewed by FMC in June of 2009, Grant and Justine Keefer were looking at Yellow Point Cranberries with pride, after eight years of successfully restoring a 43-acre farm that had been left to fallow for more than three decades. Raised on his father’s small...