Last week Oprah really spurred controversy with her comments regarding animal agriculture. In case you missed it Oprah was toured through a Cargill facility and she took some shots at the red meat industry. At the NCBA 2011 conference I thought I would get the opinion of a real farmer and rancher on what Oprah [...]
Troy Hadrick, SD Dakota Rancher Gives His Thoughts on Oprah’s Anti Meat Comments
February 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
We Are Talking Christmas Baking!!!!
December 18, 2010 By 7 Comments
Its the Christmas season and there is no better way to bring in the holidays than with the AgChat community this coming tuesday. Even better is the fact that I am moderating this weeks edition of #agchat / #foodchat. We will be discussing Christmas baking. That’s right I said Christmas baking. I encourage all of [...]
Key Trends in Canadian Agriculture for 2011 – Rob Hannam
December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This week I was reading themonthly edition of the Synthesis – Network E-Newsletter and I was intrigued. Not only was it the first list for what will happen in 2011 in agriculture, but it also was quite good. In the list Rob Hannam and his team covered sustainability, cattle markets and economic volatiliity. This is [...]
Is British Columbia the Forgotten Area of Agriculture?
August 4, 2010 By 4 Comments
Can Agriculture Speak With One Voice?
July 22, 2010 By 12 Comments
How many of you have been at an agricultural meeting and heard the phrase, “the industry needs to speak with one voice.” At first glance this would seem like a very plausible and likely strategy but lets really think about this and analyze it. Do you really think that the cattle lobby will ever really [...]
A Closer Look at the Agriculture Job Market – Steve Peddie, AgCall HR
June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Last night I met a man whose family is heavily involved in agriculture but he did not grow up in the business so to speak. Recently after a successful career in another industry he decided to take a position within the family business in a senior management role. His comments about the industry were so [...]
Ontario Farm Animal Council Responds to the Conklin Dairy Video – Crystal Mackay
June 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
To say that last weeks release of the Mercy for Animals video from Conklin Dairy Farm was an outrage is being light. My post last week brought on some high amounts of emotion and ridicule for the people at Conklin dairy farm. In that post we also discussed the needed criticism for Mercy for Animals [...]
The Canadian Food Grains Bank Plants Seeds for Hunger
June 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Farmers take serious pride in “feeding the world.” Even though farmers take the challenge head on and produce safe food for consumers around the world many people still go hungry. Fortunately farmers participate in programs like the Canadian Food Grains Bank to try and combat world hunger. The Canadian Food Grains Bank has the following [...]
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