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SWEABURG, ON – Three years after talking with Farm Management Canada, Oxford County goat herder Ian Mayberry looks back at one major achievement over that period of time with a genuine sense of pride. “A clean bill of health for our goats was my major goal,” he says....
When it comes to new technology, studies and surveys go out of date almost as fast the gadget itself. However, there is still a need to follow it all, so that mobile developers know where the demand is and farmers and communication professionals are all aware of where...
In March 2012, Green Prairie International of Lethbridge, Alberta opened up new markets for Canadian farmers with its first Canadian shipment of compressed alfalfa hay to China. The initial shipment was for 20 containers of Canadian alfalfa hay and 40 more containers...
By any measure, Sharon and Bruce VandenBerg have been hugely successful. So it’s a little surprising to hear Bruce list off a series of things he says they either weren’t suited to or not very good at. Not really cut out for retailing, even though they went into the...
AMULREE, ON – When Ryan Bergman was searching for a name for his new farming enterprise, he, his girlfriend and a close friend chuckled over the concept of Loco Fields. “We were sitting around and thought to ourselves, well you would have to be a little crazy to do...
On-farm food safety and traceability has been at the forefront of the livestock industry’s risk management radar since the Canadian BSE outbreak in 2003. Since then, industry and government have been working together to develop a national traceability system. “Enough...
