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Owen Roberts
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Bad times chronic for beef farmers
Beef farmers say they’re not much better off than pork farmers (who are losing at least $20 per animal) these days, and they’re asking Ottawa for help. Beef production never really recovered from the 2003 BSE disaster, and now bad … Continue reading
Cindy Schickedanz wins Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition
As University of Guelph student (and blogger) Amanda Brodhagen says, there aren’t many opportunities like the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture program where young people from across the country can come together and share their views. The competition is in … Continue reading
Research and development keep the food industry strong
Along with some of my agricultural communications and SPARK students from the University of Guelph, I was fortunate to attend a presentation in Toronto by Syngenta Canada President Jay Bradshaw in which he outlined the value of the agri-food sector … Continue reading
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