32 Story Idea? Email Paul.Nolan@Farms.com Better Farming | April 2024 Because the World’s Best Farmers deserve the Hardest-Working Farm Magazine. Your ‘Better Farming’ Crop Advisor Team Bringing Ontario’s crop farmers the best advice & insight, for 25 years now. Patrick’s column has run in Better Farming since its launch in 1999. He is a member of the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame who has been a widely respected crop specialist for some 50 years. Patrick helped introduce the Certified Crop Advisor program in Ontario and helped establish the reduced tillage and soil conservation movements here. Pat continues to offer controversial and innovative ideas to encourage cash-croppers to think creatively to solve problems. Noted for teaching precision farming and 4-R Nutrient Stewardship, Dale’s “Yield Matters” has been in Better Farming since the beginning. He’s a member of the Ontario Ag Hall of Fame and was instrumental in bringing the Certified Crop Advisor program here. Dale began developing the digital ag strategy in 1993 to launch the precision ag movement in Ontario and emphasized capturing and analyzing field data. In 2016 he was named International CCA of the Year. Paul is an area agronomist with Corteva Agriscience and writes a regular agronomy and cash-cropping feature in Better Farming. Ontario agriculture is his passion and he has a strong reputation for helping cash-croppers solve problems through innovation, data analysis and informed management practices. His research has included corn population, fungicide, soybean row width/population and fertility work. Paul was the 2023 Ontario CCA of the Year Award winner. DALE COWAN PAUL HERMANS PATRICK LYNCH It’s Farming. And it’s Better. UP CLOSE “There are now only nine dairy farmers in Peel,” says Amelia. “As of right now the pressure on our farmland is not so bad, but to buy a farm is nearly impossible. The people buying farms usually aren’t farming it themselves, so renting isn’t too bad.” Amelia is still optimistic about the agriculture industry and the community she has found in it. “I am involved with the Junior Farmers’ Association in Wellington County, I’m a 4-H leader, and I’m the secretary for the Peel Federation of Agriculture.” Amelia believes that as long as there are farmers with the right attitude around, the future of the agriculture industry will remain promising. What is a goal you have for your farm? At the end of the day, my goal is that the people and animals are all healthy and we all enjoy what we’re doing. William with a calf. Amelia Judge photo
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