This month, we connect with professors from Canada and the United States to learn why researchers use pigs to advance medical research. We explore how scientists manage pigs that researchers use in ...

Red Osier Dogwood: A potential antibiotic alternative, showing promise for prebiotic properties in broiler chickens.

Indeed, hog barn managers have many responsibilities, and applicants should be well qualified for the job. So, this month, Better Pork speaks with family farm owner-operators, management company ...

Starting a business in any industry is a challenging endeavour. In agriculture, entry costs, land competition, and time constraints can make it difficult for newcomers to build their own farm from the ...

Working with multiple generations Working on the family farm means that farmers get to do the job they love with people they love. This also has its challenges, particularly when multiple generations ...

Planting season can be a stressful, yet exciting time of year. Equipment will soon start to roll, bringing new opportunity to innovate and improve. This month, Better Farming speaks with cash crop ...

Remember when “hacking” was simply a way of cutting through the brush on your woodlot? Today, it is a cutting-edge method of infiltrating computer systems without permission. Though it is not always ...

Every three years, OMAFRA polls farmers and custom workers from across the province for their custom rates. These rates help OMAFRA understand and analyze farming costs, but they are also used by ...

Most pig farms across Canada run on a continuous schedule: breeding, farrowing, processing piglets, and weaning all happen each week. Many producers find success and satisfaction in this steady rhythm ...

Keep your soybeans clean. As planting season approaches, get ready to protect your yields from pests.

While "faster, higher, stronger" is the Olympic motto, it is "leaner, healthier and more efficient" that serves as the gold standard for the pork sector. In a business where margins are thin and ...

Ann Slater, president of Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO), says her association is “happy” with the marketing board’s Thursday announcement. The EFAO and the National Farmers Union ...