Insights and Stories of John Greig

Greig: Farmer trust key to big data’s future

May. 29, 2017 at 7:24 pm CDT

The marketplace for precision agriculture technology is sorting itself out, but it still has a way to go before it will be mature and have predictable uses for farmers, says a U.S. agriculture economist. Dr. Keith Coble, chair of the Mississippi State University’s department of agricultural economics, says we’re in […]

Greig: Late spring planting means more soybeans in Ontario

May. 26, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

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Ontario’s dairy group names new GM

May. 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

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Eggplant value chain project replaces most imports

May. 17, 2017 at 4:13 pm CDT

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Greig: Animal welfare research focusing more on emotional states

May. 15, 2017 at 8:45 pm CDT

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Greig: Food fraud a challenge to whole food supply chain

May. 9, 2017 at 3:27 pm CDT

Farmers are used to the conversation about how to manage trust with consumers. Food companies are learning it too, and finding food fraud to be a significant concern. Food fraud “comes back to trust,” according to Renata McGuire of NSF Consulting and Technical Services. “Do I trust this brand?” McGuire, […]

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Ontario budget seeks tax flexibility for on-farm processing

Apr. 28, 2017 at 2:29 pm CDT

The Ontario government has balanced its budget for the first time in since 2008 — but Thursday’s budget contained little news for agriculture and rural Ontario. Finance Minister Charles Sousa’s budget mostly highlighted agriculture programs that had already been announced, and maintains $100 million in funding for the provincial Risk […]

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Ontario tomato farmers to get less on higher yields

Mar. 28, 2017 at 4:08 pm CDT

The agreement between Ontario growers and tomato processors for the 2017 growing season is expected to drop the price tomato farmers are paid as their yields increase. The agreement, announced last week, maintains the contracted tonnage of 2016 and follows the five-year pricing agreement set by growers and processors last […]

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Ontario greenhouse growers get competitiveness fund

Mar. 24, 2017 at 8:46 pm CDT

The Ontario government is putting $19 million into a new initiative to support the competitiveness of the greenhouse sector in the province. Provincial Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal announced the funding on Thursday at Link Greenhouse near Bowmanville, just east of Oshawa. The Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative aims to provide […]

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Ontario processing tomato contracts set

Mar. 24, 2017 at 6:28 pm CDT

An agreement has been reached between growers and processors of Ontario tomatoes for the 2017 growing season, maintaining the 2016 pricing agreement and 2016 contract tonnage. Final prices, however, weren’t released Friday, as they historically have been on the website of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers (OPVG). According to the […]

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