Listening and Learning to Support Agri-food Businesses
Jul 18, 2019

Video: Listening and Learning to Support Agri-food Businesses


The Ontario government is looking for ways to cut red tape and help businesses continue to create and project jobs. Ministers Ernie Hardeman & Michael Tibollo met with Ontario agriculture representatives in Woodbridge to discuss the challenges agriculture faces and how to best support the industry.

 

Listening and Learning to Support Agri-food Businesses

Listening and Learning to Support Agri-food Businesses

The Ontario government is looking for ways to cut red tape and help businesses continue to create and project jobs. Ministers Ernie Hardeman & Michael Tibollo met with Ontario agriculture representatives in Woodbridge to discuss the challenges agriculture faces and how to best support the indust... More
Casting a light on mental health: Tim May, Dairy Farmer, Rockwood

Casting a light on mental health: Tim May, Dairy Farmer, Rockwood

Dairy farmer Tim May took part in Minister Hardeman’s Roundtable discussions on Mental Health in farming. May encourages you to talk about it.... More
Casting a light on mental health: Brendan Byrne, Grain Farmers of Ontario

Casting a light on mental health: Brendan Byrne, Grain Farmers of Ontario

Sometimes calling a friend can make the difference. Brendan Byrne at Grain Farmers of Ontario discussed mental health for farmers at Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ernie Hardeman’s Mental Health roundtables. Byrne urges you to make that call for help.... More
Japanese Beetles and Thistle Caterpillars

Japanese Beetles and Thistle Caterpillars

The Japanese beetle is making itself at home in more parts of the state, and thistle caterpillars are hitting producers in large numbers. Extension Entomologist Dr. Bob Wright explains what producers can do and what to look for.... More
Mesonet Weather

Mesonet Weather

Wes Lee explains the science behind the recent heat advisories. Gary McManus shows the long-term weather averages for this time of year and how cooler conditions are right around the corner.... More
Live-production management practices that help contain Salmonella

Live-production management practices that help contain Salmonella

Avoidance of wet litter and well-timed feed withdrawal are two of several management steps that will help control the load of Salmonella going into the processing plant, Lloyd Keck, DVM, senior technical services veterinarian, Zoetis, told Poultry Health Today.... More
First Excellence in Agriculture Award

First Excellence in Agriculture Award

Government of Ontario Announcements Check out the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario and learn about their Farmer-led Research and why they won the first Excellence in Agriculture Award.... More

Trip to Saskatoon Farm Alberta

Trip to Saskatoon Farm Alberta

Trip to Saskatoon Farm Alberta Saskatoon Farm is a nice place to visit for picking a berry and buying a plants and flowers.... More
Strawberry picking 2019 at Boonstra Farm

Strawberry picking 2019 at Boonstra Farm

Aerene Bagotsay Strawberry picking 2019 at Boonstra Farm, Stonewall, Manitoba.... More
JOHN WOOD TALKS FARMING

JOHN WOOD TALKS FARMING

In this short interview, John Wood talks about his family farm, the Peterborough farmers market, and he shares his observations on farms and farming.... More
Casting a light on mental health: Courtney Denard, Dairy Farmer, Owen Sound

Casting a light on mental health: Courtney Denard, Dairy Farmer, Owen Sound

Mental health for our farmers matters. Dairy Farmer Courtney Denard participated in Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ernie Hardeman’s Mental Health for Farmers Roundtables. She says there is hope if you’re struggling.... More
Managing Muddy Feedlots

Managing Muddy Feedlots

This year has been especially tough for cattle producers to clean and maintain their feedlots. And messy lots can mean lower cattle profitability. UNL Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering Dr. Rick Stowell offers information on how to keep the area clean.... More
Multiple Modes of Action in Fungicides

Multiple Modes of Action in Fungicides

In this week's show, we discuss the advantages of multiple modes of action in the fungicide on your farm, and why it's important to have more than one mode of action!... More
Ag Minute  - Goss

Ag Minute - Goss' Wilt

In today's ag minute, Darren discusses Goss' wilt.... More
Two 12,000 US Gal Nuhn Magnum Quad Train Manure Tanks Spread on Hay Field

Two 12,000 US Gal Nuhn Magnum Quad Train Manure Tanks Spread on Hay Field

Two 12,000 US Gal Nuhn Magnum Quad Train Manure Tanks spread manure on a fresh cut hay field. Nuhn's Dual Magnum tanks are the workhorse tanks of the liquid manure industry.Nuhn Industries Ltd. is the leading manufacturer of liquid manure spreaders, liquid manure agitators, liquid manure pumps, ... More
2019 wheat harvest in full swing

2019 wheat harvest in full swing

Andy Wengerd custom harvesting... More
Markets with Elaine Kub

Markets with Elaine Kub

Elaine Kub is our market analyst this week. She explains what you can do if you won’t be able to fill your crop contract this season. Plus, she offers her take on what lower yields could mean for corn and soybean prices.... More
Al’s Forecast

Al’s Forecast

With hot temperatures across the state and major flooding in some parts too, Nebraska Extension Ag Climatologist Al Dutcher lets us know what’s in store for the week ahead.... More
Farm Country

Farm Country

beetlebill1 - video of a Farm Country... More
Bringing In The Wheat Crop At Age 100

Bringing In The Wheat Crop At Age 100

K.B. Williams turns 101 in October and still cuts wheat with his family in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Driving a combine was his motivation to push through rehabilitation following a recent fall.... More
   953    954    955    956    957    958    959