My daughter Kate and I headed out last Sunday afternoon to Kitchener to hear about a new – and what I consider very different – food service being debuted at the storied Walper Hotel. Up the staircase through the doors of the second-floor terrace ballroom, 250 curious guests were lining up at more than a... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Feedlot operators are constantly running through a cycle of market highs and lows. When cattle prices are down and feed prices are up, cutting feed costs and improving feed efficiency are top of the list for producers. It was out of one of those particularly tough times in 2011 that the industry began to look... Read More
We're all consumers. We buy cars and trucks, clothes and electronics, seed and fertilizer, food and drinks. About 2% of the population, farmers, also create a very personal consumable — food and food ingredients. Roughly 8% of our population, that is the amount of us involved in the agriculture industry, have a pretty good handle... Read More
For modern livestock operations, a temporary power source is a must; animals’ lives depend on it! But for many others — farms and rural dwellers, and even ice-storm prone urbanites — having some form of generator or power source as back up to the grid is incredibly important, too. There are several options available for... Read More
First, a confession: I love plowing. Growing up, fall plowing was always one of my favourite chores, and I’ve still got the trophies I won in various county plowing matches as a teenager. Even now, few things give me as much satisfaction as an arrow-straight, neatly-turned set of furrows. It makes me a dinosaur, I... Read More
100 years ago, Norman Borlaug was born. An American scientist and researcher, Borlaug won the Noble Peace Prize in 1970 for his lifetime of work aimed at feeding the hungry through advancements in agriculture. Today, dubbed AgDay in the U.S., Borlaug will be honoured with a statue unveiled in the nation's capitol, and research organizations... Read More
If you thought the air was cool from the rural community towards the performance of Ontario Premier and agriculture minister Kathleen Wynne, it was showcased at the Grain Farmers of Ontario March Classic in London, Ont., this week. Not only was she scheduled to be on the agenda and did not show but after her... Read More
Soy-based personal lubricant, biodegradable wound care and an antimicrobial food film won top prizes in this year’s Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth) competition for University of Guelph students. The 18th annual event, held last week, showcased 16 projects from 26 U of G students from the Guelph, Alfred, Kemptville and Ridgetown campuses. Students won... Read More
John Deere's latest green and yellow accessory seeks to tame the clutter of the cab and create a home for tools, parts, and more away from the operator's already close quarters. Until now, toolboxes and storage have been set up in many areas of the tractor, but the storage space has been limited — the... Read More
If you cannot see the embedded player, click here. The week that was saw some more gains earlier in the week reined in Thursday and Friday as trading focused on logistical issues, dry weather in parts of the U.S, Eastern Europe and Australia. The situation between Russia and Ukraine (and every other nation for that... Read More