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Owen Roberts Commentary, Women need mentors for farm leadership roles, January 2nd 2012
Written on 2 Jan, 2012 at 7:40 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
Farmers where I grew up, near Wallaceburg in southwestern Ontario, had at least one common trait. They proudly proclaimed their name and their male heir on the sides of their barns. A half-century ago, I guess it was a sign... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary, Put the brakes on the wheat board battle: December 19th 2011
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 7:48 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
Ottawa got caught speeding last week. And wow, talk about being mad at the cop who blew the whistle. Last Wednesday, Ottawa was nabbed for trying to get rid of the Canadian Wheat Board too fast for the law. It... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary, Pardoned turkey is a second-generation Canadian, November 28th 2011
Written on 28 Nov, 2011 at 7:48 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
It’s a red-letter day for Kitchener-based Hendrix Genetics and Hybrid Turkeys, having one of their fold — a turkey named Liberty, which they describe as a second-generation Canadian (because its genetics originated in Canada) — recognized by US President Barack... (Continue reading)
Three Leaders Seek Nebraska Farm Bureau Presidency
Written on 23 Nov, 2011 at 7:39 in Nebraska Swine News | Comments
Nebraska Farm Bureau delegates will elect a new president for the state’s largest agricultural organization at the Farm Bureau annual meeting, set for Dec. 5 and 6 at Kearney’s Younes Convention Center. Keith Olsen of Grant, Farm Bureau president since... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts, University of Guelph:Talk is the first step in addressing global hunger, OCtober 24th 2011
Written on 24 Oct, 2011 at 6:52 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
Talking isn’t the first thing that comes to most people’s minds as a key ingredient for solving world hunger. But to University of Guelph Prof. Evan Fraser, it’s the first step toward creating a society that supports multi-pronged approaches to... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary: Foodstock wasn’t really about food production, October 17th 2011
Written on 17 Oct, 2011 at 6:55 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
The Woodstock-like anti-development festival near Shelburne that was held Sunday, called Foodstock, magnified how rural Ontario has become a battleground for diverse ideologies, extreme self-interests, and total misunderstandings. They directly involve — or ignore — agriculture in ways it’s never... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts, Vote to keep our agri-food sector vibrant- October 3rd 2011
Written on 3 Oct, 2011 at 6:41 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
We’ll vote this week for the people and the party we think will best serve Ontario’s interests for the next five years. Who will those people be? The Liberals and Conservatives are running neck-in-neck, and the NDP is a solid... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary,Journalists have a vital role in fighting global hunger, September 19th 2011
Written on 19 Sep, 2011 at 7:04 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
Imagine opening the pages of your Guelph Mercury in a country where the media was not free. You wouldn’t know if what you were reading was the truth or propaganda. When the government controls information, unfavourable news is seldom reported.... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary,Immigrant farmers from many countries helped build Canada’s thriving agri-food sector- September 12th 2011
Written on 12 Sep, 2011 at 6:45 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
This week we’re welcoming more than 250 of the world’s top agricultural journalists to our area, when three years of determined, hard work culminates with a celebration of Canadian agriculture — and a nod to those who put it on... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary:It’s harvest time, but check the label anyway, September 6th 2011
Written on 6 Sep, 2011 at 6:12 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
Our zeal for local food is making us look more closely at what we buy – isn’t it? Intrinsically, I think so. But new economic information from the U.S. makes me wonder if we’re reading stickers and labels. Last week,... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary, New varieties show strength of crop research alliance- August 22nd 2011
Written on 22 Aug, 2011 at 7:03 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
It’s the nature of news—what’s hot today usually disappears tomorrow. Such was the case a year or so ago with the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance, a coming together of field crop research interests in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary-Farmers look to avoid funding cuts, August 12th 2011
Written on 15 Aug, 2011 at 7:02 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
With United States administrators having co-operated at the 11th hour to raise the debt ceiling, the jockeying has started to decide who and what will be spared from the reported trillions of dollars that will be cut to curb government... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary, Technology and transparency next step for livestock farmers, says animal welfare pioneer
Written on 25 Jul, 2011 at 7:15 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
Farmers don’t plant by hand, plough with horses, or fetch pails of water from a well anymore. Instead, much of their work is done with technology, making farming more efficient and modern. In that light, one of the world’s leading... (Continue reading)
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