Trade mission to China promotes Ontario-grown exports
Challenges like the recent outbreak of highly contagious bird flu on some poultry farms in Ontario...
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Author: Owen Roberts
Research is at the core of everyday life
Research results are everywhere, and Canadians owe a lot to the people behind them, the people who have dedicated their lives to making our lives better. We’re lucky to have a strong culture of research support in Canada,...
Read MoreLet’s hear about the issue, then your opinion
Social media means people have more freedom to say whatever they please about anything they like (as long as they don’t libel or slander anyone). And though social media can be a valuable tool, and one crucial to modern...
Read MoreOptimism from government but not from U.S. farmers
Despite the Canadian government’s optimism about agriculture in our country, some Ontario grain producers, as well as farmers south of the border, disagree with the sunny financial outlook. That’s particularly true in the...
Read MoreOne million football fields for pollinators
Ontario’s grain farmers recently announced that they want to see one million acres of self-sustaining pollinator habitat identified and preserved by 2018. The million-acre proclamation is contained in the Ontario...
Read MoreOWEN ROBERTS
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.