Better Farming Prairies May/June 2025 edition features Joline & Ryan Bowditch on the cover and the following articles: Regenerative Agriculture - Making It Work, Managing Parasites - Healthier Herds, ...

With fertilizer prices fluctuating, nitrogen management has become a key challenge for Ontario corn growers. Decisions about timing, rate, and placement now carry greater weight, affecting yield, ...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are becoming a common problem for Prairie farmers, limiting their options for chemical weed management and increasing the importance of non-chemical management strategies.

Shelterbelts are a common, albeit dwindling, sight on the Prairie landscape. These living barriers comprise rows of trees or shrubs planted alongside farm fields or yards to protect against wind, snow ...

Lighting is one often overlooked area of importance on the farm. It is important to have a proper light plan (intensity and photoperiod) for the needs of each production phase. While electricity use ...

Ella Shelton’s journey from the family farm in Ingersoll to the Professional Women’s Hockey League and the Olympic Games is a narrative of deep roots, hard work, and steadfast ambition. Raised as the ...

Karson Hennick provides mobile butchering services across southern Ontario through his business, Field to Fork Butchering, in Lambton County near Sarnia. He believes that mobile butchers can help ...

For many in Ontario, agriculture is far more than an industry – it’s a deeply rooted way of life. Among those most devoted to fostering the next generation stands John Drummond. Known to many as ‘Mr.

Improving efficiency is a shared goal across the egg sector as producers look to cut costs and shrink their environmental footprint. One emerging opportunity is to keep laying hens productive for ...

Ryan and Romy Schill have built a thriving sheep and wool business that is a model of innovation and efficiency. Living and farming near Wallenstein in Mapleton Township, the Schills transformed a ...

Record-keeping is an important practice for anyone raising livestock, but farmers may find it challenging to keep entries up to date and in a format that is usable. Kristen Edwards, a dairy ...

The Government of Canada has moved Alto — a proposed high-speed passenger rail network between Toronto and Quebec City — into its development and pre-construction phase, with work not expected to ...