Profitable Practices on RealAgriculture is a video series featuring Canadian producers who are adopting farm practices to have a positive impact on profit, people, and the planet.
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Profitable Practices: Spot spraying takes aim on hard-to-kill weeds, reduces herbicide use
Spot spray technology is helping one Saskatchewan farmer tackle herbicide resistance, cut costs, and stay committed to sustainable practices — all without sacrificing efficacy. Carl DeConinck Smith farms 13,000 acres in west-central Saskatchewan, seeding cereals, canola, and pulses. Seven years…
Profitable Practices: Making Newfoundland's dairy industry more sustainable
Dairy farmer Crosbie Williams milks 180 cows in a modern freestyle barn at Pond View Farms in Goulds, Newfoundland. Williams and his brother, Ray, operate one of 19 dairy farms in a province that boasts the largest dairy operations, based…
Profitable Practices: Poultry innovation improves bird health and reduces costs
Scott Buchan sees the impact of technology whenever he's watching his broiler chickens or looking at his hydro bills. For Buchan, who operates Buchrest Farms along with his family in Ontario's Waterloo Region, investing in technology and innovation plays a…
Profitable Practices: Corn, covers, and cows
Grazing corn is becoming increasingly more common. So is grazing cover crops. But what happens when you put the two together? How wide should the corn rows be in order to make space for the cover crop? And is this…
Profitable Practices: Driving efficiency at Van Belle Nursery
When Dave Van Belle hears the word 'sustainability' the first two things that come to his mind are environmental sustainability and economic sustainability. The two go hand in hand, says the president of Van Belle Nursery, a family-owned wholesale nursery…