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OntAG Admin's Blog – March 2013 Archive (5)

4-H Canada celebrates 100th anniversary

Do you have dancing shoes but hardly ever wear them? Did you get your first job or maybe your last job because you had 4-H on your resume? Did you show a calf at a local fair or maybe even at the Royal Winter Fair?  Do you still know how to make muffins without tunnels? Did you meet your husband, best friend or mentor at 4-H.?

Well 4-H Canada is looking for you. The organization is looking for all friends of 4-H to help celebrate its 100th anniversary. Celebrations will take place all…

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Added by OntAG Admin on March 28, 2013 at 9:47am — No Comments

FCC Management Moment: How To Keep Valuable Employees On The Farm.

Added by OntAG Admin on March 20, 2013 at 9:17am — No Comments

Spots Still Open In U of Guelph Ridgetown's New Greenhouse Production Management Program.

Career opportunities in Ontario’s greenhouse sector are growing and OAC’s Ridgetown Campus has developed a new academic program to address the growing need for trained greenhouse growers and assistant growers, as well as additional professional jobs in this…
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Added by OntAG Admin on March 4, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments

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Why farmers show up at one of Ontario’s biggest political events – and why it matters

Last week, leaders from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) joined more than 2,000 elected officials and staff at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) annual conference in Ottawa.

Jay Willmot champions automated greenhouse for leafy greens

Thanks to Finnish technology, greenhouse-grown lettuce is taking off in Canada.  ???????

Blue Radix wins AgTech Breakthrough award for automation solution of the year

Blue Radix has won the AgTech Breakthrough award for Indoor Farming/Nursery Automation Solution of the year 2025 with its Crop Controller for Autonomous Climate and Irrigation Control. AgTech Breakthrough is a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes top companies, technologies and products in the global agricultural and food technology markets.

Leafy greens: from commodity to “clean” consumer packaged goods

Far from the greenhouse epicentre of Leamington, Ontario, a new automated five-acre facility is harvesting and packaging baby greens nine hours each day, seven days a week. It’s a personal vision come true for Jay Willmot.

July 1 Canadian Hog Numbers Down 1.3%

Canadian hog numbers were lower mid-year, even as production and slaughter activity strengthened to meet robust export demand.  Statistics Canada reported last week that Canadian hog producers

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