Dashboard radio is a matter of trust
The next time you plunk down $60,000 or so for a new pickup truck, ask the dealer: why can’t I get a $50 AM radio in it?
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Author: Owen Roberts
Dairy sector makes big change to housing code
A few years ago, researchers set out to find out how Americans, caught up in a frenzy of real or pending animal welfare litigation, felt about a dairy housing system called tie stalls.
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Province addresses the dire need for more veterinarians
Good for Ontario for committing more resources to increased veterinary education and addressing what many call a veterinary crisis in the province.
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Feathers fly over so-called boneless wings
Uh oh.
News has come out of the US that a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise restaurant in Chicago has been fingered for marketing white chicken meat nuggets as boneless chicken wings. Photo credit: Inspire Brands Inc.
Spread the news: Homegrown fertilizer production helps us all
What’s Your Story? The movement toward homegrown self-sufficiency makes this an ideal time to get consumers onboard with domestic fertilizer production, but farmers need to fill the information gap. Photo credit: Market Realist
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Owen Roberts is an agricultural journalist and communications instructor based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a trustee on the Global Foundation for Agricultural Journalism and an associate editor (communications) for the Journal of Agromedicine. Previously, Owen was president of the International Forum for Agricultural Journalists, an agricultural communications faculty member at the University of Illinois, and research communications director at the University of Guelph. His programs and research papers have been recognized through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence and the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation.