No matter which way you voted, if you're a farmer, you'll be glad to know Stephen Harper has a $500-million-plus plan for you.A week or so before the federal election Better Farming magazine online...
Read MoreEvery so often a reminder crops up that Canadian farmers are definitely not the same wherever you go, at least not politically.They're all in the business of feeding us, raising livestock and growing crops. But when it comes...
Read MoreFederal agriculture critic Wayne Easter, who dropped into Guelph last week, became a household name across Canada in September as the butt of a tasteless joke about listeriosis by federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz.To...
Read MoreFarmers fancy calling themselves the original and ultimate environmentalists, and for good reason. If they aren't careful with the land, water and air around them, they have big problems.For example, without sound soil...
Read MoreIf you wonder where agricultural education, research and service is headed in Ontario, meet Rob Gordon.Gordon is the new Ontario Agricultural College dean. He arrived this summer from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College where...
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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.