The auto sector gets $10 billion. Forestry gets $1 billion. And pork gets…well, it asked for $800 million because the industry is crashing, but it’s getting nothing from Ottawa other than money for increased...
Read MoreRadio has traditionally been held out as the go-to communications technology for agricultural extension work in underdeveloped countries. Now, a new study is showing the potential for video, too. In central Benin, a study of...
Read MoreA campaign to save Canada’s six prison farms is the topic of my Urban Cowboy column this week in the Guelph Mercury. Part of the campaign includes a letter-writing exercise, which appears to have prompted a letter to the...
Read MoreIn today’s Urban Cowboy, I’m touching on how animal technologies — cloning, genetic engineering, artificial insemination and embryo transfer — are being developed with the drive towards cheap, affordable...
Read MoreRising income will be farmers’ biggest challenge in attracting concessions from all levels of government. Within days of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture issuing a statement about farmers’ economic struggles...
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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.