By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Each year, 58 per cent of the food Canadian farmers produce is lost or wasted, equating to 35.5 million metric tonnes (78.3 billion pounds), Second Harvest Food Rescue and Value Chain Management International Inc. (VCMI) say in a 2019 technical report.
By Lauren Arva
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Is maintaining a work-life balance different than a life balance?
For Lesley Kelly, co-founder of the Do More Agriculture Foundation and a grain farmer from Watrous, Sask., an important distinction exists.
When considering the concept of a work-life balance, Kelly prefers to think strictly of a life balance.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Syngenta and Kansas Ethanol, LLC recently signed a three-year marketing agreement to use Enogen corn enzyme technology at the biofuel plant. This deal will provide participating growers with a premium per Enogen bushel and will benefit local communities.
By Jim Algie
Better Farming
Just when you thought all the trade talk had ended, along comes the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) decision to revive long-stalled talks about agriculture.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Ontario residents are fortunate to have access to fresh and clean drinking water. In total, 99.8 per cent of municipal residential drinking water system samples met the province’s strict quality standards, recent test results released by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks showed.
By Lauren Arva
Monitoring indoor crops could become a lot easier for producers, thanks to technological advances in the ag industry.
By Jim Algie
Better Farming
Full details should be available within “the next couple of months” about a new system of cross-subsidization by natural gas ratepayers for expanded rural services, said Monte McNaughton, the province’s minister of infrastructure, in a Better Farming interview.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Through the Canadian Farmers with Disabilities Registry (CFWDR), a registered charity, program coordinators connect recently injured or disabled farmers with other producers who have experienced similar life-changing events.
By Kate Ayers
Staff Writer
Better Farming
Ontario producers can access a range of government programs to help finance improvements to their operations.
David Przednowek, CN’s director of grain marketing, looks to the future of the supply chain. He stresses the increasing efficiency of rail but highlights the seasonal nature of grain transportation, and the cost and volume pressures on this infrastructure.