DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA CONTINUES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF OTTAWA’S TOP EMPLOYERS

Feb 13, 2024

Ottawa, ON – For the second consecutive year, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has been honoured as one of the Top Employers in Canada’s National Capital Region. This prestigious recognition, jointly announced by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and Mediacorp Inc., acknowledges organizations in the Ottawa metropolitan area that stand out as industry leaders, providing exceptional places to work. The highly competitive designation shines a light on DFC’s commitment to supporting the organization’s employees and attracting new top talent.

“In today’s competitive environment, being named as top employer is important not only to retain but also acquire top talent. Our culture is founded on Lencioni’s three attributes: hungry, humble, and smart, and we are proud to advocate for Canada’s dairy farmers every day,” said Jacques Lefebvre, CEO of Dairy Farmers of Canada. “It is our privilege to support our employees with initiatives and programs that inspire them to contribute to our important work in the dairy sector.”

“We value feedback from our employees and work with our people managers to create a winning environment for all,” says Catherine Thibault, director, People & Culture at DFC. “Being selected once again as one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers solidifies DFC’s position among a select group of employers.”

Source : Dairy Farmers of canada

Video: Making budget friendly pig feed on a small livestock farm

I am going to show you how we save our farm money by making our own pig feed. It's the same process as making our cattle feed just with a slight adjustment to our grinder/ mixer that makes all the difference. We buy all the feed stuff required to make the total mix feed. Run each through the mixer and at the end of the process we have a product that can be consumed by our pigs.

I am the 2nd generation to live on this property after my parents purchased it in 1978. As a child my father hobby farmed pigs for a couple years and ran a vegetable garden. But we were not a farm by any stretch of the imagination. There were however many family dairy farms surrounding us. So naturally I was hooked with farming since I saw my first tractor. As time went on, I worked for a couple of these farms and that only fueled my love of agriculture. In 2019 I was able to move back home as my parents were ready to downsize and I was ready to try my hand at farming. Stacy and logan share the same love of farming as I do. Stacy growing up on her family's dairy farm and logans exposure of farming/tractors at a very young age. We all share this same passion to grow a quality/healthy product to share with our community. Join us on this journey and see where the farm life takes us.