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1. Farmers Under Pressure to Mitigate Interest Rate Impacts

   ... leaving them to mitigate the challenges themselves. In a capital-intensive sector like farming, higher interest rates increase ... which are often financed via loans. “Those farms that are the most leveraged and capital-intensive – borrowing to add or ...

   angel.dolan - Nov 23 2023 - 14:11 - 0 comments

2. ‘How Do You Sell What You Can’t Get Processed?’

   ... that specialize in the slaughter of food animals and play a key role in the value chain of livestock production. This number, ... alternatives too,” says Heleniak. Sarah Hunt, of Corad Farms in Pakenham, says that when looking at starting their meat business to ...

   angel.dolan - Nov 23 2023 - 14:10 - 0 comments

3. Strip-Tillage: Save Your Soil & Labour Costs

   ... several producers who have implemented strip-till on their farms. “What I like about strip-till is that it plays to the advantages ...     Ian McDonald photo As a newer practice with many approaches, it may be intimidating for producers to ...

   angel.dolan - Oct 27 2023 - 08:05 - 0 comments

4. Ray Robertson: Canadian Agricultural Hall of Famer

   ... for growing his local community in Grey County has led to a long career with international impacts. His leadership and commitment to ... the program was to promote practices that reduced erosion on farms and encourage soil stewardship through reduced-tillage practices. The ...

   angel.dolan - Oct 27 2023 - 08:06 - 0 comments

5. Is it still possible to start a farm?

   ... that you can’t do it.’ By Emily Croft Starting a business in any industry is a challenging endeavour. In agriculture, entry ... Julie Higginson and her husband Ethan run Higginson Farms, a cow-calf-to-finish and freezer beef business near Meaford. While ...

   angel.dolan - Sep 29 2023 - 07:19 - 0 comments

6. Bugs On Board!

   ... Though hitchhikers with their thumbs out could pose a threat, it’s those unseen stowaways that can really be a handful. As ... to two downstream nurseries, and suddenly you have three farms affected instead of just one.”     Drivers should ...

   angel.dolan - Sep 29 2023 - 07:31 - 0 comments

7. Grain Handling: More Consolidation to Come?

   ... Western Canada’s grain handling sector is no stranger to a changing landscape, so even the scale of Bunge’s takeover of Viterra ... Sask. -Viterra photo “As an example, grain farms continue to get bigger and bigger as economies of scale have become very ...

   angel.dolan - Sep 29 2023 - 07:27 - 0 comments

8. Better Farming Magazine September 2023

   ... Smoke & Wildfires - Crop Impact, Focus on Family - Mooremaw Farms, First-Gen Farmers - Making a Path and 100 Years of Farmall. ...

   angel.dolan - Sep 26 2023 - 09:58

9. One on One with Mack Emiry

   ... giving to it.’ By Emily Croft When Mack Emiry, a dairy farmer from Massey, found out he was selected as a successful nominee ... still spends several hours a day on one of his sons’ dairy farms but has taken a step back from participating in organizations. After ...

   angel.dolan - Aug 25 2023 - 09:27 - 0 comments

10. 10 Years Of Aphanomyces

    ... acres of pulses were grown nationally in 2021. But there is a crop disease present – at low levels – in most of the soil across Canada ... peas, and dry beans,” explains Trent Richards, who farms near Assiniboia, Sask.     Laura Schmidt photo ...

    angel.dolan - Aug 25 2023 - 09:24 - 0 comments