Prevention and planning: keys to a healthy herd

29 Sep 2020

Originally from a 90-cow Jersey herd, Janine Spichtig completed her Agricultural Internship at Mindy Farms, a dairy farm owned by the VanSleeuwen family in Lancaster, ON. The VanSleeuwens milk...

Learning how to add value to your business

29 Sep 2020

Student Gabriel Vinet chose to work at Les Fermes Longprés Ltee, owned by the Dewavrin family in Les Cèdres, QC for his stage. Originally from an organic crop farm, Vinet was motivated to learn...

Digging into organic horticulture

3 Sep 2020

Fiona Kaiser was originally planning to work on a farm in Switzerland for her Agricultural Internship, but those plans changed as COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented her from leaving. Kaiser was...

The cows can't feed themselves

2 Sep 2020

Justin Lauzon spent his summer working full-time at Ferme Val-Bisson in Saint-Polycarpe, QC in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area. The owners are Jean Bissonnette and Elyse Gendron. They milk between 65...

Grazing in the Alberta Foothills

11 Nov 2019

In Black Diamond (AB), Annakah Drew and fellow FMT student Mariel Lamarche interned at Grazed Right Ranch, owned by Ben and Stephanie Campbell. The Campbells raise 220 grass-fed yearlings, 300...

Sucessfully stepping out of her comfort zone

11 Nov 2019

Historically, many FMT students choose to do their first summer stage (13 weeks duration) further afield – with six working in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the summer. Four of the six are young...

Learning from top dairy managers

29 Oct 2019

Internships are an integral part of the Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program curriculum. During the three-year-long program, student complete four internships or stages, two of which are...

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