Nice to see Canadian turkey farmers drop "marketing board" from their name and simplify things by shortening their name to Turkey Farmers of Canada. The name change is "based upon extensive consumer and...
Read MoreHaving reached the ripe old age of 13, Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth) at the University of Guelph has a great legacy and a bright future. The awards associated with the event were announced today and posted in a...
Read MoreMy farm-writing colleague Janet Kanters, communications manager at the Beef Information Centre in Alberta, is one of the featured speakers at the second annual Alberta Women in Agriculture dinner and silent auction. Janet is the...
Read MoreThe George W. Bush administration was often accused of, among other things, muzzling or ignoring science. That criticism was based in part on the then-U.S. president's order — twice upheld — to ban federal...
Read MoreFarmers are sometimes reluctant to talk to the media, for fear of being misunderstood by general assignment reporters trying to sort out complicated agricultural issues. But there are compelling reasons for farmers to be patient...
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Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.