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Business side: Farm business vision

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

June 2014 - WHY SHOULD FARMERS SEE THEMSELVES AS BUSINESS PEOPLE? For so many years, farm businesses were family businesses and many just considered themselves a family farm. Now that farms are getting so much bigger, so much…
Growth in the west

June 2014 - CORN, SOYBEAN ACRES INCREASING ACROSS THE PRAIRIES HISTORICALLY, WESTERN CANADA has been a major producer of wheat and canola, growing 90 percent of all wheat in Canada and 99 percent of Canada’s canola. The success…
Continuous learning

June 2014 - A PROFILE OF AN AME ALUMNI EXPERIENCE TODAY, DALE AND Carlene Mountjoy successfully manage the family farm with their daughter Holly and her husband Owen Boucher. Together, they cash crop 1,750 acres, run a 35…
Engaging youth in agriculture

June 2014 - THE CHALLENGE IN AFRICA ACCORDING TO THE World Bank, growth in the agricultural sector is absolutely essential to sub-Saharan Africa’s ability to both support its growth and reduce poverty. African nations, though, face diverse challenges,…
One Seed

June 2014 - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN ZAMBIA AN ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL company is taking the knowledge and skills they provide to local farmers in southwestern Ontario and sharing it with farmers over 12,000 kilometres away in the African…
International Year of Family Farming

June 2014 - ENSURING FUTURE GROWTH A NORTH AMERICAN DIALOGUE WHAT DO YOU consider a family farm? Chances are, you consider your operation a family farm – even if you hire some outside help. In Canada, 97 percent…
International markets

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

June 2014 - OPPORTUNITIES IN KOREA ANY DEMAND FOR our commodities – large or small – is important; and we need to develop and foster as many market opportunities as we can. The Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)…
Web Special

The farmer’s attitude towards environmental BMPs

April 2014 - SURVEY SHOWS WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE FARMERS ARE MUCH more likely to consider the environment an important issue than consumers are, says a recent report by Ipsos Marketing. When it comes to environmental Best Management Practices (BMPs),…
Increasing wheat research

April 2014 - THE ADDITION OF TWO SCIENTISTS AT THE ECORC A NEW INVESTMENT in eastern wheat research has been made with the addition of two experienced scientists to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC’s) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed…
Research roundup

April 2014 - FIND OUT WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF RESEARCH Hand held device in the works for mycotoxin detection in grains Maritza Vatta An affordable hand-held test for mycotoxins is being developed for farmers. University of…