The developing world will be a significant driver of growth in the demand for food, and it won’t all be from hungry people. Despite abject poverty in many parts of the world, some of the new arrivals to this planet will be...
Read MoreAgriculture in Canada, not to mention the Liberal party, has taken a step forward with the appointment of Guelph MP Frank Valeriote as the Grits’ agriculture and rural critic. Besides the change in the weather, it’s one of...
Read MoreFarmers spend a lot of money on feed for their cattle, pigs and other livestock. Feed amounts to about two-thirds of the cost of raising an animal. Basic feed is often enhanced with additional nutritional ingredients to improve...
Read MoreOut there, somewhere, where’s it’s particularly green and lush from buckets and buckets of rain and moderate temperatures, is local, rural Ontario. Some of us live in it, some live beside it, some seldom see it. But as we...
Read MoreOntario Federation of Agriculture president Bette Jean Crews says she sensed a conciliatory tone and open mindedness among rural candidates in the recent federal election. She says regardless of their political stripes, they...
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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.