Urban Cowboy
Owen Roberts
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Welcome international agricultural citizen journalists
If you’re a member of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists, your exercise in agricultural citizen journalism can now be listed under the new “blogs” section of the IFAJ website. Just send your blog name, address and your photo to … Continue reading
Posted in General news
Tagged Agricultural citizen journalism, agricultural communications, IFAJ
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Why no help for pork producers?
The auto sector gets $10 billion. Forestry gets $1 billion. And pork gets…well, it asked for $800 million because the industry is crashing, but it’s getting nothing from Ottawa other than money for increased processing capacity. Farmers don’t understand why … Continue reading
Posted in Guelph Mercury
Tagged economics, farmers, Guelph Mercury, pork producers, Urban Cowboy
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Video as an emerging agricultural extension tool
Radio has traditionally been held out as the go-to communications technology for agricultural extension work in underdeveloped countries. Now, a new study is showing the potential for video, too. In central Benin, a study of video in triggering improved rice … Continue reading
