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1. Cow Chow: Six Tips to Master this Year

   ... season ever By Paul Hermans Talk to any livestock producer and they will tell you they get two shots at making a great crop in one year. One during the planting/growing season and the second at harvest. ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 28 2022 - 09:10 - 0 comments

2. Flax: An Option to Extend Your Rotation

   ... food, animal feed, and for industry. In fact, flax was one of the first crops brought to Canada as early as the 1600s. “Flax is a ... nutrient access can be yield-limiting. Acheson, Alta. producer Chett Wild has a simple explanation why he decided to add flax to his ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 28 2022 - 09:18 - 0 comments

3. Emergency Planning: Ready … or Not?

   ... Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) in facilitating producer plans with the aid of four students over the summer. “Farm ... to help them, they are in panic mode. Then there was one farm where a worker had lost a finger and told 911 he was at ‘the red ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 21 2022 - 15:17 - 0 comments

4. You are Worth it

   ... 2021 to say we need to get this rolled out for every single producer, and they need to feel understood, we partnered with CMHA Ontario to ... an individual makes that first call, you’re greeted by one of our intake team members. From there, they will ask a variety of ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 21 2022 - 15:47 - 0 comments

5. The Cost of Putting Hydro Poles in Their Place

   ... of Lucan was excited to begin making tiling plans for one of his fields recently. “We purchased this plot a couple of years ago, ... around those poles.” The ins & outs of easements A producer’s property is subject to a hydro easement under Section 42 of the ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 16 2022 - 09:24 - 0 comments

6. Boosting your Biosecurity Game

   ... These voluntary sector-specific standards are supported by producer guides to assist producers in implementing them. We spoke with ... own biosecurity. Making the time “Biosecurity is one word, and it sounds simple, but it’s really, really hard,” says David ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 16 2022 - 09:55 - 0 comments

7. Is the Family Still on the Farm?

   ... perspective and to help with the transition of the farm from one generation of owners and operators to the next. “A corporate farm ... left, then I can do business.” As a first-generation producer just starting a family, Pfisterer says there isn’t a shortage of ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 16 2022 - 10:06 - 0 comments

8. A Recipe for Crop Success

   ... applications to maintain green leaf tissue.” Each producer may have their own considerations when they’re selecting a hybrid, ... “The later we focus on these components – the first one being plant density, second is seed number per plant, and the third seed ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 9 2022 - 10:15 - 0 comments

9. Preventions & programs

   ... she adds. “Point source pollution comes from one specific identifiable source such as pollutants discharged from a pipe, ... for nutrients.” On-farm water quality management is producer specific. Your local conservation authority and certified crop advisor ...

   AshleighBenedict - Oct 9 2022 - 10:11 - 0 comments

10. Most Unwanted List: Pests

    ... to.” In Deb Campbell’s experience, it tends to be a one-in-three-year pest. Campbell is a certified crop advisor in Dundalk. “All ... attracts the fly,” she says. “If someone’s a livestock producer, we try to get their manure on in the fall, get their cover crop ...

    AshleighBenedict - Oct 4 2022 - 12:01 - 0 comments