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As the nation’s premier outdoor agricultural showcase, Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show offers “one-stop shopping” for farmers and highlights the most innovative and technologically advanced agricultural products and services available.
One of my favourite fall pastimes is baking. I could easily spend an entire day in my kitchen whipping up treats for my family.
Part of the reason is because, come September, I miss my kitchen. It is no place to be in the summer, and therefore, I spend as little time in it as possible then and must make up for it in the months to come.
What if I showed you a free tool you could implement today that would have the potential to make your farm 21 percent more profitable, without spending a dime?
U.S. farm journalist John Phipps said his business generated more income when he used the tool. The top-shelf farmers in more than six states who were studied by Virginia Tech grad students became 21 percent more profitable with it.
Add water. Whisk in milk powder. Lift. Carry. Repeat. This process can carry on and on, and just when a calf feeder thinks they are finished, they are reminded they get to do it all again in a matter of hours.
“I did not do this for me ... this is for the next generation,” Charles “Chuck” Mattice comments.
The next generation is Chuck’s 26-year-old daughter, Emily.
The first demonstration farm of its kind in Canada held a launch event on June 29 to heighten political interest in its on-site anaerobic digester system. The Bakerview Eco Dairy of Abbotsford, British Columbia, hosted upwards of 75 people on the rainy morning.
When producing more milk is not a viable option to generate greater income – a common occurrence in quota systems – dairy producers must find alternative ways to make each kilogram of milk produced more valuable.
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