Years ago I attended a public relations meeting on the topic of how companies and other organizations could influence government. I was a web editor with Alberta Agriculture at the time and wasn’t really a bureaucrat that anyone was trying to influence, so I’ve forgotten details. But the gist of it was that you influenced […] Read more
Getting government under the influence
Reporter's Notebook: Farm organizations use several different strategies to sway government decision makers
Four steps to minimizing your harvest losses
Combines don't leave the dealers' lots set specifically for your field. Don't throw out profits this late in the game
If you’re reluctant to measure the seed your combine is leaking and adjust the machine accordingly, you may be leaving a lot of yield in the field. That was Jim Bessel’s message to farmers during EvolveAg’s field day in north-western Saskatchewan in July. Bessel, who worked with the Canola Council of Canada for over 20 […] Read more
Youth Ag-Summit: How Australian ag benefits from biotech
A speaker at the international Youth-Ag Summit in Canberra, Belinda Cay of the Grains Research and Development Corporation of Australia discusses how new crop varieties have improved yields on that continent, including on her own family’s farm.
Youth Ag-Summit: One representative’s perspective
Speaking to those attending the Youth Ag-Summit this week in Canberra, Grainews/Country Guide field editor Lisa Guenther finds a variety of points of view — some typical of certain Canadian ag sectors, others not so much.
Youth Ag-Summit: Granddaughter of the revolution
Grainews/Country Guide field editor Lisa Guenther meets with Norman Borlaug’s granddaughter Julie Borlaug. Norman Borlaug, who died in 2009, is credited with starting the “green revolution” of the 1960s. In this video, the younger Borlaug talks about the activities of the institute that now bears his name — and what she sees as the future […] Read more
Youth Ag-Summit: Mentoring future farmers
Grainews’ Lisa Guenther spoke to organizers at this week’s Youth Ag-Summit in Canberra, Australia about why mentoring future farmers is important — and what they expect the summit’s youth delegates to take away from the event.
Youth Ag-Summit: Two to represent at UN meeting
Two delegates from the 2015 Youth Ag-Summit will be jetting to Rome in October to take part in a meeting of the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security. Australia’s Laura Grubb and Kenya’s Samba Ouma were selected from 80 nominees. Ouma and Grubb are now charged with presenting the Canberra Youth Ag Declaration — […] Read more
VIDEO: eQuipTV: Grainews goes to Australia
In this episode of eQuipTV, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey and field editor Lisa Guenther begin their look at agriculture down under, with a visit to a premier farm machinery show, Commonwealth Bank AgQuip.
YOUTH AG-SUMMIT: Food challenges in focus
Feeding the nine billion-plus people expected to be living on our planet by 2050, from a land base that’s not expected to get any bigger, is the question posed to young “thought leaders” at this year’s Youth Ag-Summit. Grainews and Country Guide field editor Lisa Guenther is in Canberra this week for the event, hosted […] Read more
PHOTOS: Take a look at Australia’s biggest farm equipment expo
Grainews editors Lisa Guenther and Scott Garvey are in Australia this week for events including Commonwealth Bank AgQuip, billed as the country’s biggest agricultural and rural marketplace. The show runs Aug. 18 to 20 this year just west of Gunnedah, about 400 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales. Organizers estimate the show, organized […] Read more
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