If you’re in the mood for shopping ” and what Canadian isn’t, given our soaring debt levels ” consider these items: One Lockheed Martin F-35 jet fighter: $148 million. Fake lake media centre, G20 summit: $1.9 million. School...
Read MoreThe Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow comprises students at agricultural universities in the U.S. and Canada with a particular interest in promoting the agri-food sector. I’m proud to serve as the faculty advisor...
Read MoreI’m fortunate that my Office of Research colleague Lise Smedmor, manager of research communications and marketing, is also a registered dietitian (as well as a sessional lecturer in the Department of Human Health and...
Read MoreToday’s farms.com news Update features a video by SPARK*AIR coordinator Carol Moore, who outlines the five Qs of good colostrum management for calves: quality, quantity, quickness, quantifying failure of passive...
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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.