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Farm Success Built On Avoiding The Icebergs

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Andrew DeRuyck believes good farm management and realistic planning are essential to sustain growth and make farms more resilient to changing conditions and markets, and it s quite apparent he practices what he preaches. The way Andrew and his wife Tanis have handled change, to diversify and strengthen their own farm operations, played a large […] Read more
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Headway Made In U.S. Biodiesel Market

A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision means the reopening of an important market for Canada s canola industry, according to the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). The EPA has approved the Government of Canada s petition to use the aggregate approach for approval of Canadian feedstocks, including canola, for biodiesel production in the […] Read more
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New Technology Helps Make Better Grape Vines

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Product innovation and quality are two key elements behind the success of Gemmrich W. Nursery, a grapevine propagation farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., that helped earn Wes and Briar Wiens, the title of Ontario s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for 2011. The Wiens purchased their grapevine propagation business in 2004 from the previous owner, Martin Gemmrich, […] Read more
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Clubroot Confirmed In Two Saskatchewan Fields

It wasn t entirely unexpected, but it s bad news nonetheless. In early October, SaskCanola officially announced that clubroot, a nasty soil-borne disease limited to Alberta until now, had been confirmed in two fields in north-central Saskatchewan. As the grower organization, we want to ensure that all canola growers are made aware of the situation […] Read more
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Fourth-Generation Dairy Farmers Realize Their Dream

Hard work and applying new technology and dairy production practices have helped a young Quebec Cityarea couple, build a successful, high producing dairy herd and also earned them recognition as Quebec s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2011. Over the past dozen years Rene Gagne and Pascale Chabot have grown the fourth generation farm from 50 […] Read more
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Polish Canola Gets Fingerprinted

Canadian scientists have helped sequence part of canola s genome. Determining the DNA sequence of crops allows researchers to understand the mechanisms of the plant, and to map traits of interest. This information can then be used by breeders to develop crops for Canadian farmers that are more disease resistant, drought tolerant, location suitable and […] Read more
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The Making Of A Modern Dairy

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Geoff and Jennifer Bishop might be putting cutting edge dairy science to use in Nova Scotia s Annapolis Valley today, but it all started when Geoff s grandparents bought the family s first cow back in 1970, less than a year after they arrived from England and settled in the Round Hill community. The operation […] Read more
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14 New Wheat And Barley Options For 2012

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Prairie farmers will have 10 new wheat and four new barley varieties to consider for 2012. All the wheat varieties have their features for high yield and quality, but a couple focus on new or upgraded resistance to disease and crop pests. SeCan is introducing AC Carberry, a hard red spring, which Jim Downey of […] Read more
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Wheat &Chaff – for Oct. 3, 2011

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FEEDING A HUNGRY WORLD I ve just returned from a week in Ontario at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists congress ( www.ifaj.org). More than 260 writers, broadcasters and the like from over 30 countries descended on southern Ontario to learn about new world agriculture. While a large portion of this congress is about farm […] Read more
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Take A Course In CPR And First Aid

What happened the last time you snagged yourself on that nail you meant to hammer in a bit? The one that s right next to the light switch to the shed. Could you find your first aid kit quickly? Did it contain the right stuff, such as antiseptic spray and bandages? Was your tetanus shot […] Read more

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