You might not consider the creation of an insurance program a historic day in your profession or trade. But consider the plight of an Ontario farmer. A single animal in western Canada gets tagged with having BSE, and the U.S....
Read MoreNot long ago, farmers considered it a waste of money to try getting celebrities interested in agriculture. Even though the famous (and the not-so-famous) should have cared about farming, for the most part they didn’t, because...
Read MoreAt a recent international food and agriculture summit sponsored by the Reuters news agency, global leaders underlined how much they’re paying attention to consumers’ perception. For example, Kerr Dow, vice-president of...
Read MoreIf you came to believe free-run or free-range housing was better for hens’ welfare than conventional cages, would you pay more for eggs laid in these housing systems? And if so, how much? University of Guelph researcher...
Read MoreTopics were announced today for the 27th annual Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition, taking place Saturday, November 5, 2011 at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. The five topics are: • Dynamic...
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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.