Tag: Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week
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With farm prices out of reach for new farmers, here’s an alternative
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At Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Monday, Amy Stein described a farm co-ownership model she designed to offer affordable access to land amid skyrocketing land prices to help establish new ecological farms. After coming into some money, the Wharton MBA grad who lives with her husband in Grey County, purchased four farm properties, three of which…
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Dairy product innovation a priority for dairy farmers
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Would you try a dairy-based sports drink or a biodegradable plastic bag made from milk components? Dairy producers hope so. They need something innovative to help grow the market for milk and turn a “structural surplus” of skim milk into profit, said Mark Hamel in an interview after his update to dairy farmers at Grey…
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Nurse turned veterinarian wins GBFW Award
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A young vet who grew up on a swine farm outside of Seaforth is the winner of this year’s Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week award. The GBFW Committee recently announced Dr. Hannah Jansen as the winner of the annual $1,000 prize in conjunction with the University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, recognizing new veterinarians in Grey-Bruce.…
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Nurse turned veterinarian wins GBFW Award
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A young vet who grew up on a swine farm outside of Seaforth is the winner of this year’s Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week award. The GBFW Committee recently announced Dr. Hannah Jansen as the winner of the annual $1,000 prize in conjunction with the University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, recognizing new veterinarians in Grey-Bruce.…
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When predicting the weather months ahead, might as well ask Willie
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Farmers who asked questions at a weather seminar on the final day of Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week were hungry for news they could use. Andrew Pritchard, a senior meteorologist with global farm fertilizer, seed and crop protection product company Nutrien Ag Solutions, did his best to answer. But the weather forecaster was candid about the…
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Ontario Sheep Farmer’s look for sector growth with new strategic direction
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New Canadians with an appetite for lamb are fuelling a rise in demand with no sign of slowing down as Ontario sheep farmers now try to open up new avenues for expanding herds and diversifying their base of producers. “In many ways, the future of our sector has not arrived in Canada yet. We are…
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Virtual Farmers’ Week successful for a second year
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The weeklong 56th-annual Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week wrapped up Tuesday and managed to broaden its audience while navigating through a surging wave of COVID-19 by going fully virtual for the second year in a row. Farmers’ Week coordinator Lorie Smith said she’s glad the planning committee decided back in September to take the conference fully…
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Dairy farmers talk sustainability at virtual conference
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Dairy farmers wrestled with the topic of sustainability and its impact on the industry during Dairy Day at the virtual Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week conference Thursday. “I think we’re well placed. It’s interesting that it’s not necessarily the challenges we think of that will be the tough cookies to deal with,” said Dairy Farmers of…
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Lockdowns increase beef buying numbers, pandemic challenges still affecting producers
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More people bought and ate beef from the grocery store while locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic. “When the numbers go up, people buy more meat,” said Jennie Hodgen, a senior account manager at Merck Animal Health who was a keynote speaker during Beef Day Wednesday for the virtual viewers of Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week.…
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56th Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week conference will be virtual
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For the second year in a row, the Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week 2022 conference will take place online.