Profitable Practices on RealAgriculture is a video series featuring Canadian producers who are adopting farm practices to have a positive impact on profit, people, and the planet.
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Profitable Practices: Adding value to off-grade grain through feed milling
Running a feed mill wasn’t part of Ian Middleton’s long-term plan, but it has evolved into a viable and locally-focused business in Sturgeon County, Alta. Middleton owns and operates Manawan Mills, a feed mill operation that processes grain into complete…
Profitable Practices: Keeping egg production up, and energy costs down
Maintaining good air quality inside a chicken barn, especially during Prairie winters, is critical for egg production and bird comfort, but it comes with significant energy demands and costs. A newly-renovated laying hen barn in southern Manitoba features several technologies…
Profitable Practices: Revolutionizing sheep and wool with Ryan and Romy Schill
When Ryan and Romy Schill purchased Ryan's grandfather's farm at Mapleton, Ont., in 2008, the young couple decided to add 25 ewes to round out their mixed operation, which also included cattle, hogs, and chickens. The Schills admit that the…
Profitable Practices: How a decade of controlled traffic farming delivers in a dry year
In a very dry year, Scott Keller of Keller Farms near New Norway, Alta., is seeing impressive canola growth, a result he attributes largely to adopting controlled traffic farming (CTF) a decade ago. In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Profitable Practices…
Profitable Practices: Doubling carrying capacity and managing weather risk through rotational grazing
When drought or flood threatens forage supplies, flexibility becomes the foundation of profitability. That’s a principle Bluesette Campbell and her family have put into practice at B-C Ranch (pronounced B bar C) in northwest Saskatchewan, where rotational grazing is key…