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EggCentric TV

Egg Farmers of Canada has created EggCentric TV, an online television network where eggs – and those who produce them – come first. >> Read full article

The importance of tax planning and managed accounting for farmers

Farming is a unique type of business that causes financial planning to take on dimensions not often seen in other industries >> Read full article

The negative effects of noise on chickens

Studies show that major abrupt changes to the day / night cycle of chickens will lead to stressed and anxious birds. >> Read full article

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Building trust

At the “Public Trust in Agriculture Summit” held in early June in Ottawa, attendees were treated to speakers from all aspects of food production, from chefs and farmers, to academics. The ground-breaking inaugural event was intended to “encourage continuous collaborative discussions amongst farm and food system leaders, while developing concrete actions for earning public trust.”

And this is exactly what the panel discussion involving five typical urban Canadians exposed – a distinct sense of mistrust towards the Canadian agri-food system. The level of knowledge about farming among the panelists was – for many of the audience members who live and breathe food production on a daily basis – shocking. >> Learn More…

 
 Event Calendar 
 

Poultry Industry Council Annual General Meeting

October 20, 2016
Location: Guelph, Ont. >> More Info

2016 Agriculture Labour Summit

Oct. 26, 2016
Location: Olds, Alta. >> More Info

2016 EFO Egg and Pullet Farmers’ Workshop

Nov. 29-30, 2016
Location: Toronto >> More Info