Profitable Practices on RealAgriculture is a video series featuring Canadian producers who are adopting farm practices to have a positive impact on profit, people, and the planet.
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Profitable Practices: Making Newfoundland’s dairy industry more sustainable
Dairy farmer Crosbie Williams milks 180 cows in a modern freestyle barn at Pond View Farms in Goulds, Newfoundland. Williams and his brother, Ray, operate one of 19 dairy farms in a province that boasts the largest dairy operations, based…
Profitable Practices: Poultry innovation improves bird health and reduces costs
Scott Buchan sees the impact of technology whenever he’s watching his broiler chickens or looking at his hydro bills. For Buchan, who operates Buchrest Farms along with his family in Ontario’s Waterloo Region, investing in technology and innovation plays a…
Profitable Practices: Corn, covers, and cows
Grazing corn is becoming increasingly more common. So is grazing cover crops. But what happens when you put the two together? How wide should the corn rows be in order to make space for the cover crop? And is this…
Profitable Practices: Driving efficiency at Van Belle Nursery
When Dave Van Belle hears the word ‘sustainability’ the first two things that come to his mind are environmental sustainability and economic sustainability. The two go hand in hand, says the president of Van Belle Nursery, a family-owned wholesale nursery…
Profitable Practices: Greenhouse innovation with Red Sun Farms
Red Sun Farms in Kingsville, Ont., is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario. Across the province, the Ontario greenhouse vegetable industry grows tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in 3,900 acres of greehhouse, producing 521 million kilograms of fresh vegetables…