Insights and Stories of John Greig

Finding the right fit for cover crops

Jan. 26, 2024 at 9:57 am CST

Farmers with years of experience growing cover crops have made the practice part of their regular cropping operations after finding ways to make it work. A panel of cover crop growers at the Southwest Ag Conference showed that cover crop practices vary greatly by farm and area. Ken Schaus, of […]

At Ag in Motion: New tester monitors bull fertility

Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:14 am CDT

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At Ag in Motion: Water trough monitoring made easier

Jul. 22, 2023 at 8:08 am CDT

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Looking for carbon sequestration answers

Jul. 2, 2020 at 10:29 pm CDT

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Farmland versus nuclear waste

May. 15, 2020 at 2:20 pm CDT

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Carbon cost increases concern farmers

Feb. 21, 2020 at 10:03 am CST

Ontario grain farmers spent more than $12 million to pay the federal carbon tax to dry their grain in 2019, mostly drying corn. Grain Farmers of Ontario calculated that the cost was close to double in 2019 compared to a normal year, due to the high moisture levels in the […]

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Rural Ontarians push back against pot production

Jan. 10, 2020 at 11:23 am CST

Ontario’s rapidly growing cannabis production sector is facing a backlash after the addition of many new growing facilities has resulted in interim control bylaws from municipalities and the formation of local protest groups unhappy with smell and traffic. Why it matters: Cannabis production in Canada has grown quickly since legalization […]

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New meat recall prolongs Ryding-Regency shutdown

Oct. 4, 2019 at 4:20 pm CDT

Ryding-Regency Meat Packers remains shut down, making an already tight processing capacity situation event more challenging for Ontario farmers. The Toronto company, along with St. Ann’s Food, announced a recall Tuesday of a long list of its products because of concerns with E. coli O157:H7. More products were added to […]

By John Greig

Food, farming not expected to be big election issues

Sep. 17, 2019 at 9:10 pm CDT

Canadians don’t think that food and agriculture will be a significant issue in the current federal election. A survey conducted Sept. 9 and released Tuesday by Angus Reid Global with the support of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab shows 31 per cent of Canadians believe food and agriculture will be […]

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Dairy farmers to get direct cash payment as trade compensation

Aug. 16, 2019 at 11:00 am CDT

Canadian dairy farmers will be getting direct cash compensation after the government gave up dairy market access to other countries in recent trade deals. The compensation follows promises by the Trudeau government — and the Harper government before it — that dairy farmers would be compensated in some form for […]

By John Greig