Mitch Gingerich

Spent Canada's national agriculture day focused on stewarding the family farm business for the next generation. There is always something new to learn!

Farm succession planning??? #RBCAg & our colleagues can help with that! Today we had a great farm succession planning session with tips from Mike @BNGGroup, Shannon Boakes & Ana Jayne from RBC Dominion Securities. Huge thank you to the Norwich Premier Equipment team for having us

#SWODS2024 tomorrow! Join us at the Woodstock Fairgrounds doors open at 9am. Speaker program will feature a fireside chat with Mark Taylor, President & CEO Lactalis Canada. Local dairy products. Lunch and over 100+ exhibitors! dairysymposium.com

Dairy farmers in Ontario - we've heard from lots of you but we have extended the survey to March 15. Researchers from @DairyatGuelph want to hear your thoughts on animal health and management. Please connect at uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_di…

Tune in tonight at 8:00pm on TVO @TheAgenda

@LaurenDalyce Are supply managed foods more expensive in Canada relative to other foods? Yes. Are supply managed foods more expensive in Canada relative to other animal agriculture foods? Not very.

@LaurenDalyce Yes, but not without limitations. Unweighted average price premium of SM foods in Canada relative to USA is ~30-40%. Chicken prices much higher.

Thank you to the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Conference for the opportunity to present some of the research that @mikevonmassow and I have been working on.

@LaurenDalyce The markets are extremely different, ranging from market size, product quality, pricing strategy, time lag for the exchange rate to impact prices etc. Most food is more expensive in Canada anyways, so the total blame can't go to SM.

@LaurenDalyce However, using generalized price data does not represent represent consumer expenditure. Do you buy cheese and yogurt at full price?

@SimonSomogyiAFI @FoodProfessor Do you believe this will ever come to fruition and be the new normal in North America? I loved paying exactly the price on the menu during previous travel.

@FoodProfessor As a former resident of a country that has all inclusive restaurant pricing and a higher minimum wage: yes

One Toronto restaurant has started adding 18 per cent to every bill. Is it time to do away with tipping? theloop.ca/watch/life/you…

This week, Ontario is celebrating #LocalFoodWeek! The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on the importance of buying and eating local food. Ontario produces tons of delicious and nutritious agricultural products. #loveONTfood

Finally got @patrick_unger95 on twitter. Give him a follow!

Food from Thought and @ArrellFoodInst will be holding an online panel of @uofg experts this week to discuss questions around COVID-19 and its impact on our food systems. If you have a question, please submit it here: uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bE… #CreatedAtGuelph #ImproveLife

A balanced perspective on the current state of the dairy industry in Canada. Supply management is not at fault, consumers are not at fault, and farmers are not at fault. Simply a shock to the supply chain. #CdnDairy @dfc_plc foodfocusguelph.ca/post/a-thought…

Congrats Dan Weary! @UBC Professor will partner with @uofg Michael von Massow on a $1.4M project funded by @GenomeCanada Genomics in Society Interdisciplinary Research Team program to better understand barriers/opportunities for commercializing gene-edited beef and dairy products

Farming may be changing but the percentage of family owned farms is not. #food #CdnAg @mikevonmassow foodfocusguelph.ca/post/the-famil…

Spent the day touring @UofGuelphOAC research facilities to learn about the work Masters and PhD students have been focusing on. First stop at the crop science Elora research station and second at the @DairyFacility

This study aligns with what most people in #agriculture already know, consumers with little understanding fear #GMOs. @farmtario farmtario.com/news/knowledge…

Ontario Government Announces New Elora Research Facility news.uoguelph.ca/2019/07/ontari… The new facility will use state-of-the-art technology to meet advanced training & research needs of the swine sector, representing more than 1,200 producers in the province. #ontag