A new report is showing that Canada is about to face a shortage of farmers across the country. Alfons Weersink joins Candace Daniel to discuss the reasons and potential implications.
Grab your coffee, and tune into our paper session on Yield, featuring @dan_schuurman , Alfons Weersink , and Claudia Wagner-Riddle at Wagner-Riddle Lab University of Guelph ,
and Alan Ker and Hanjun Lu Dept. of FARE
#CAES #CAPC2021
Fertilizer Price Increases: Should Farmers be Worried?
foodfocusguelph.ca/post/fertilize…
@dan_schuurman Alfons Weersink Mike von Massow
[NEW PODCAST] On this week’s ‘Between the Rows’ with Chad Lawley J.P. Gervais Alfons Weersink: Interesting questions arise. Download on Apple Podcasts at: ow.ly/LWUE50LtLEu (Sponsored by AGI) #cdnag
Our social sci & economics week concluded with an intro to ag economics from Alfons Weersink, who talked about opportunity costs, trade-offs, and who benefits or is impacted directly or indirectly by decisions made on the farm.
I am glad to have worked on this paper with Alfons Weersink, Mike von Massow and Brendan McDougall
If you're curious about the impacts of COVID-19 on Canada's supply-managed sectors, I encourage you to check it out!
Food from Thought researchers are turning their attention to questions around #COVID19 during this pause in their usual work. Here's Alfons Weersink with 'Economic thoughts on the potential implications of COVID-19 on the Canadian dairy & poultry sectors'
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Today Alfons Weersink put the 'economics' in socioeconomics of soil. He took us outside the soil science box, describing the costs, benefits & tradeoffs of #SoilHealth . They're not always direct or immediately obvious, but they have a big impact on decision-making on the farm.
Come to the IFAO Conference to discuss Carbon Markets with Jamie MacKinnon, Katie Sullivan and Alfons Weersink on February 16th. Register here: ow.ly/szr450MlHoi
Monday CBC KW: D. Guzik The Ottawa Hospital Meegan Read Victoria Smith University of Guelph @A_weersink Manjula Selvarajah John Hancock UWaterloo Psychology Grand River Transit Kelly Grindrod Waterloo Pharmacy LISTEN LIVE: ow.ly/9SQe50Jqef9
Meet Alfons Weersink, a Professor in Dept. of FARE. Join Dr. Alfons Weersink and others on February 15th at the IFAO Conference to discuss how to manage, measure and market carbon. Register here: ow.ly/U3kI50MlNVi
Last week, #FfTresearcher Alfons Weersink shared his views about the immediate & long-term effects that COVID-19 has had on food supply chains in the first Dept. of FARE Faculty Present seminar. Read more on his discussion about COVID-19 and Canadian Agriculture: bit.ly/37YzXE6
Thank you to Jeffrey Wichtel, Amy Greer, @SimonSomogyiAFI, Rozita Dara and Alfons Weersink for your time and thoughtful insights!
Plans to Cut Fertilizer Emissions Will Not Threaten Food Security Mike von Massow Alfons Weersink Wagner-Riddle Lab Ontario Agricultural College University of Guelph
news.uoguelph.ca/2022/08/plans-…
Special Issue: #COVID19 Impacts on Food & Ag
Economic thoughts on the potential implications of COVID‐19 on the Canadian dairy and poultry sectors by Alfons Weersink Mike von Massow Brendan McDougall
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cj…
Published #CJAE : Business risk management programs and the adoption of beneficial management practices in Canadian crop agriculture, by Aaron De Laporte, Dan Schuurman Daniel Schuurman Tristan Skolrud Tristan Skolrud Peter Slade Peter Slade Alfons Weersink Alfons Weersink
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