Genetically modified wheat?
An international breakthrough in wheat breeding has produced a new genotype of wheat with enzymes...
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Author: Owen Roberts
Dangers lurk whenever grain is moved – and it’s moved everyday
Stored grain is moved from silos via transport trucks, and emptying either of them can be deadly....
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Helping society understand new food production technology
Modern farming relies heavily on technologies like sensors, automation, satellite imagery and even...
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Saluting the world’s biggest employer, family farming
The UN has declared 2019 to be the start of the Decade of Family Farming, a recognition of the...
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Young farmer transitions from tourism to science
Julie Milne is a fourth generation dairy farmer in Campbellford, Ontario, U of G agriculture...
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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.