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AgVisionTV: Why should farmers be interested in the word "Local" in the food industry. Click to watch this show.
Added by Kevin Stewart on July 16, 2011 at 4:31am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Decades of Dynamic Change for Ontario Agriculture
July 15, 2011
I’m starting to show my age because I recently realized that I’ve spent very close to 30 years working at a professional career in Ontario’s entrepreneurial agricultural community. Having grown up on a century-plus farm in southern Ontario, I moved into agricultural journalism for a number of years before going to work as a staff member for the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario. Over the course of those three decades, I’ve assembled some… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on July 15, 2011 at 4:20am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Farmers Need to Enroll in Ontario Risk Management Program
July 8, 2011
Last week’s formal announcement of a Risk Management Program is arguably one of the most significant accomplishments for Ontario’s agricultural groups in a long time. From the perspective of agricultural leaders, this is a program that has been fought for over an extended time period that seeks to address needs for Ontario’s farmers in a global environment. The next step is to see whether the average farmer agrees with this assessment and chooses to… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on July 8, 2011 at 2:44am — No Comments
Agostino: Bearish USDA Reports Creates Grain Market Price Volatility. Click To Watch Videos.
Added by OntAG Admin on July 3, 2011 at 8:47am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Management Groups Can Hone the Skills of Farmers
July 1, 2011
Farm business management groups have been used across Canada over the past few decades but there appears to be a renewed push today to broaden their appeal. Although these groups can vary widely from sector-to-sector, most feature a small group of farmers working with a facilitator to compare individual production and financial records against those of peers. In the process, the aim is to grow and develop the management skills of all participants in… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on July 3, 2011 at 7:14am — No Comments
Farms.com Market School: Understanding Grain Cash Basis And How It Works.
Added by OntAG Admin on June 25, 2011 at 9:15am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Evaluating the Value of Dollars spent on Environmental Projects
June 24, 2011
In a world of limited financial resources, choosing the best environmental projects and the targets to be met can be difficult for policy makers. Recently, Dr. Anna Roberts from the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria, Australia, shared an approach to establishing and evaluating environmental improvement goals.
The approach is known as INFFER, which is short for Investment Framework for Environmental Resources. The key point of… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on June 24, 2011 at 4:45am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Profitability in the Ontario Food Chain Extends to Input Suppliers
June 17, 2011
The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario has said repeatedly that a sustainable Ontario agriculture needs to be profitable for all those in the food chain. Typically, most people view the food chain as only extending upwards from farmers to processors and retailers. But the reality is that it extends much further than that conception to include both consumers and farm input suppliers.
That reality was spelled out in a recent letter I… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on June 17, 2011 at 5:45am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Healthy Food Processing Sector Creates Opportunities for Our Farmers
June 10, 2011
The Agri-food Asset Map highlights the strengths that Ontario has to offer as a place for…
Added by CFFO Blog on June 10, 2011 at 2:19am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Helping Out In The Rebuilding of An Agricultural Sector
By John Clement
June 3, 2011
The University of Guelph and Njala University in Sierra Leone have entered into a unique arrangement to strengthen the African institution’s ability to help in the rebuilding and development of agriculture and community service. As part of that arrangement, a delegation from the Sierra Leone university recently toured Ontario to gain a sense of how our province has put together a strong working relationship between farmers, producer groups,…
Added by CFFO Blog on June 3, 2011 at 2:16am — No Comments
Farms.com Market School: Factors That Influence Grain Commodity Price Basis
Lesson 17: Moe Agostino of Farms.com Risk Management provides some information on what the main factors that impact on the grain commodity price basis.
For the additional lessons visit…
Added by OntAG Admin on June 3, 2011 at 2:14am — No Comments
Farms.com Market School | Basis in Time vs. Basis in Space
Lesson #16: Part 3 of 4 in the mini series of understanding basis. This
video looks more closely at basis in time and space and it's effects on
your bottom line.
For all the Farms.com Market School Videos - Visit…
Added by OntAG Admin on June 3, 2011 at 2:09am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Charting the Unknown Territory of Source Water Protection
May 27, 2011
There are a variety of options that source water committees are able to use to improve water quality. These range from…
The CFFO Commentary: Key Questions for a Changing Agriculture
May 20, 2011
Farming is changing. And it’s not just changing in the scale of operations we now have, or the increasingly diverse markets we now supply. It’s also changing in how we view the vocation of farming and how it connects to rural communities and our fellow farmers. Simply put, our emphasis on the business of farming now often overshadows other dimensions to farming that we used to take for granted.
At the core of this change is predominately the… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on May 20, 2011 at 3:15am — No Comments
Wheat School: OMAFRA's Peter Johnson On Evaluating Winter Wheat Plant Stands.
Added by OntAG Admin on May 18, 2011 at 3:27pm — No Comments
University of Guelph SparkAir Video: Alltech Innovation Competition - Arie Duizer Click to watch the video.
Added by Joe Dales on May 13, 2011 at 6:10am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Social Change Creates Evolving Standards for Farmers
May 13, 2011
Added by CFFO Blog on May 13, 2011 at 4:39am — No Comments
Dr Val Farmer Video: Managing and Leading Your Workers On The Farm.
Added by Kevin Stewart on May 9, 2011 at 2:50pm — No Comments
On Site Ethanol Processing - Use of crop waste
Added by Richard Edmonds on May 9, 2011 at 5:32am — No Comments
The CFFO Commentary: Promise of Federal Farming and Food Strategy Needs to Deliver
May 6, 2011
Now that the election signs are being gathered up and put away for another four years, it’s time to consider some of the implications of a majority Conservative government for Canadian agriculture. And nothing may be a greater opportunity for farmers than a commitment by the newly-elected Conservative government to create a new national farm and food strategy to guide and support agriculture over the… Continue
Added by CFFO Blog on May 7, 2011 at 7:56am — No Comments
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