With planting season in sight, Ontario farmers are turning their attention the weather and their soil. Though they can’t do much about the weather, soil’s fate is in the farmer’s hands as they plant record numbers of...
Read MoreThough ineffective in the past, the honest and endearing image that Joe Clark embodies so well is now being welcomed — most recently, by more than 700 participants at the Grain Farmers of Ontario March Classic. There, the...
Read MoreWhen is a 14 per cent jump in average farmland values in this province actually a relief? When it’s compared to the 23 per cent jump that took place from 2012 to 2013, that’s when. The 14 per cent figure, last...
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Challenges like the recent outbreak of highly contagious bird flu on some poultry farms in Ontario...
Read MoreResearch results are everywhere, and Canadians owe a lot to the people behind them, the people who have dedicated their lives to making our lives better. We’re lucky to have a strong culture of research support in Canada,...
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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.