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  1. Small-lot pork production: successes and risks

    ... producers contribute to the amount of pork raised in Canada, a lack of biosecurity awareness threatens the broader industry. by Jackie ... identify the similarities between their operations and the farms of non-commercial or small-lot producers. After all, a significant ...

    AshleighBenedict - Jan 26 2021 - 08:12 - 0 comments

  2. Big farms invest more, think longer-term

    ... by BETTER FARMING STAFF Canadian farms with sales of more than $1 million a year tend to benefit more from government programs, invest more in the future ...

    Mary Baxter - Mar 13 2013 - 20:30 - 2 comments

  3. Revisiting the bioindustrial economy

    ... the patents, processing equipment and real estate of a groundbreaking, industrial plant that opened in Sarnia in 2015. The business ... tells Better Farming in an interview from his Fairwind Farms operation near Sarnia.     Mark Lumley, Fairwind Farms ...

    AshleighBenedict - Mar 25 2021 - 08:52 - 0 comments

  4. Operating revenue on Ontario farms was up in 2014 but net operating income remained flat: StatsCan

    ... numbers released by Statistics Canada Wednesday. For all farms in Ontario, the average operating revenue per farm was $373,765 in 2014 ... to Canada because Ontario has smaller farms than Canada as a whole. Ontario has the largest number of farms of any province in Canada ...

    Mary Baxter - Dec 3 2015 - 18:09 - 0 comments

  5. Wallowing in the wild

    ... Bob Brickley first encountered wild pigs two decades ago. He farms in southeast Saskatchewan, growing grain, raising cattle and keeping a large purebred-based quarter-horse herd. “About 20 years ago, some pigs ...

    AshleighBenedict - Apr 6 2021 - 10:57 - 0 comments

  6. Planting Ahead

    ... processes. by Kate Ayers Planting season can be a stressful, yet exciting time of year. Equipment will soon start to roll, ... do random evaluations on different soil types on our own farms. We get a weight wagon out and cut swaths in the field and do the math, ...

    AshleighBenedict - Apr 6 2021 - 10:02 - 0 comments

  7. How to make fertilizer recommendations

    ... for suggestions on what you should apply? Or do you use a soil test and get help from a certified crop advisor or other competent ... putting P in the seedrow). Corn is different; 40 per cent of farms broadcast some P, 32 per cent apply with seed,” says Heard. Soil ...

    AshleighBenedict - Apr 6 2021 - 10:16 - 0 comments

  8. Smaller farms need to consider niche markets says report’s author

    ... 12, 2013 by SUSAN MANN The most viable farms are ones with annual gross revenues of $250,000 to $400,000, according to a recently released Conference Board of Canada report. Smaller farms have ...

    Mary Baxter - Dec 12 2013 - 17:52 - 1 comment

  9. May 16 field crop report

    ... to germinate. Plant into excellent soils conditions, at a uniform depth of 1.5 - 2.5 inches and 1.25cm (½”) into moist soil. ... credits available from legume crops is available at http://bit.ly/omafraNAdjustments . Alfalfa weevil larvae have been detected in ...

    Mary Baxter - May 17 2012 - 16:35 - 0 comments

  10. May 24 field crop report

    ... not shown economic response to nitrogen, although applying a small amount of N (30-40 lb/ac) encourages rapid vegetative growth, canopy ... moisture is essential to successful corn silage yields ( http://bit.ly/omafraforages9 ). Significant alfalfa weevil feeding has been ...

    Mary Baxter - May 24 2012 - 17:16 - 0 comments