Sentences with phrase «[oyster farmers»

When asked what farmers should do to ensure this didn't happen to them, his answer was simple: «Ensure correct ventilation of all cow housing.»

• Meicai, a China - based startup that helps farmers sell vegetables to restaurants, raised $ 450 million in funding.

If we opened our borders and liberalized the sector, productive farmers would expand, unproductive ones would shrink, and others would adapt, innovate, and increase their productivity in the face of stiffer competition.

This not only harms consumers, especially low income ones, but transfer vast sums to typically wealthy farmers and needlessly endangers our international trading relationships.

For example, the proposal that farmers making more than US$ 200,000 wouldn't qualify for subsidies has been changed to US$ 1 million.

To avoid any regional bias, we spoke to people throughout the beer industry — from brewers to hop farmers — to get their take on areas that are showing a lot of potential, though may still be under - the - radar on a national basis.

McAlpin: Because of the way we're approaching the business model, not taking commission and offering free memberships to farmers, we're connecting with people across the country who are volunteering to help us spread the word.

The average dairy farmer had a net worth of more than $ 3.7 million in 2015, according to data from Statistics Canada, and poultry and eggs farmers were typically worth nearly $ 6 million.

With their average annual income hovering around $ 6,000, farmers aren't a rich source of tax dollars.

«I decided, come hell or high water, I'm going to do this for only $ 185 [per acre],» says the Parkhill, Ont., farmer.

I was working on creating an indoor, year - round space for a farmer's market, and through that I heard about the challenges wholesale buyers face in sourcing local food.

Dairy farmers in Quebec will be fighting for supply management.

Livestock farmers, landfill operators and biomass incinerators.

The government could help make these scenarios a reality by helping to facilitate talks between farmers and food processors, as well as retailers.

Among other issues, it realizes support intended for struggling farmers actually ends up going to some of the richest ones.

I just got back from shopping at a farmers market.

While progressive farmers like Willemse have been dabbling in «precision ag» (also known as agri - tech) for nearly a decade, the past few years have seen scores of companies, old and new, blitz the sector.

And, oh yeah, the product gives a fair return to the farmer.

ads were trotted out with much fanfare during the Super Bowl last year, but couldn't save the aging catch phrase of American dairy farmers.

«It's farmers in Middle America developing something for people just like them.»

We limit production by requiring farmers hold scarce and costly licenses (called quotas), and levy tariffs approaching 300 per cent on imports from abroad.

Small - scale farmers and chefs have a common complaint: There just aren't enough hours in the day.

«I believe — and I think the president believes — that we must be proactive, the years of talking about these problems has not worked, and that we must use all instruments we have to make it expensive to engage in non-economic behaviour, and to convince our trading partners to treat our workers, farmers, and ranchers fairly.

So far, this year has been a nice follow - up to 2012, which had provided prairie farmers with their highest total crop tonnage in three years.

What farmers grow these days isn't just for our dinner tables.

There is, unfortunately, no getting around the fact that the government will need to spend even more money on farmers than it does today if it wants to save the industry, whether it's for developing a perennial wheat, funding a home - grown advertising campaign or investing more into making car parts from plants.

Sadly for these towns — and the farmers who might have supplied the plants with feedstock — none of these projects has come to fruition.

In October, when hay season ends, Stinger employees drive machines to energy companies, national labs, or universities doing alternative fuel projects and help the farmers that supply them bale, stack, and haul residue left in their fields.

But what about raising the prices to farmers, maintaining the prices to consumers and taking less profit?

India subsidizes loans for farmers as an incentive for more rapid adoption.

Through water and soil monitoring software, accompanying hardware, and crop loss insurance, it's helping farmers protect their livelihoods in the era of climate change.

While we're not to blame for financial difficulties of some U.S. farmers, as the President suggested, our agricultural sector is highly restrictive — especially in «supply managed» products like milk, poultry, and eggs.

Given changes like that, Canada shouldn't count on U.S. politicians to ease any of its farmers» problems.

McAlpin: We de-emphasized email links because chefs and farmers aren't on their computers all day.

As Peter puts it, «I don't know a farmer who wouldn't be happier growing a very good crop, getting a decent price for it, and making his living that way.»

«It's been an interesting opportunity to deal with all these different farmers with their different needs all over the United States,» says Larry.

When Mama Earth Organics partnered with a group of Amish farmers, building trust took time — and a few apple fritters

That means bright prospects for companies like Winnipeg - based Farmers Edge, which uses proprietary software to collect and analyze crop data, and offers field management consultation and technical assistance to help farmers get the most out of their land.

But increasingly farmers also sell biomass — the residue left over after crops like corn and wheat are harvested — to companies developing fuel from organic material.

Entrepreneur spoke with McAlpin about how connecting farmers and foodies — and removing logistical barriers in the process — can bolster the food movement.

Sawyer, a farmer and regional director of the Alberta Barley Commission, lost about a quarter of his fields to flooding about two weeks ago.

Maple Leaf would contribute the marketing and value - added product expertise, while farmers would grow the specialized key ingredients.

In some rural areas, farmers have been waking up to flooded fields — and a possible dent in this year's profits.

American subsidies have encouraged their farmers to produce too much in the past, depressing worldwide prices for crops, he says.

While ending world hunger is a laudable ambition for agri - tech, another driver is the simpler goal of making the business more profitable for farmers, many of whom are struggling to manage larger farms with fewer hands.

Getting even closer than local farmers markets, some restaurants are opting to grow their own ingredients on - site.

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

Indeed, most farmers across Canada are feeling the pinch.

But AGT has long focused higher up the value chain, processing the pulses it buys from farmers near the source.

In places where there's a large but fragmented agricultural industry, CGE builds supply chain hubs, which process and package products from local farmers so they can be sold off to large buyers and multiply farmers» income.