Corn silage is a staple feed for most dairy herds, so it’s important to make sure it’s the best quality possible. Here are five questions to ask yourself when getting ready for your corn silage harvest, with technological tools and sustainable agriculture expert Élise Gagnon and sales support advisor Raoul Ruel.

Camille Beauchemin and Dany Courchesne have only been working together at Ferme N.C.L. for a few months, but they were teammates long before that—on a dek hockey team. Now, they’re aiming for a new kind of goal: top herd performance.

Dany took up the farming lifestyle in 2017, after his father, Normand, decided to hang up his skates—or at least slow down. Today, Dany owns 50% of the company’s shares and is in charge of dairy, while his father tends to the fields.

“What I like most about Marie‑Pier is that you can tell she’s working for us, for our farm.” That’s what farmer Alexandre Vermette has to say about Marie‑Pier Coulombe, his Agiska Coopérative crop agri‑advisor. What they’ve built is much more than a simple business relationship—it’s a real partnership.

With the recent news of the 1% quota allocation starting in September and the incentive days currently permitted, milk producers can earn additional income. Here are some best practices for filling them to make the most of this extra source of revenue for your farm.

“Incentive days are money on the table. You want to try not to leave it lying there,” says Nicolas Marquis, professional technologist and technical and financial expert at Sollio Agriculture.

Dairy farmers often face a dilemma when it comes  to increasing productivity or reducing GHG emissions. But there’s one thing you can do to help with both: work on your forage quality. And Sollio Agriculture’s agri-advisors, and livestock and crop production specialists are there to help you make it happen.

Egg farmer Samuel Lanctôt of Ferme Bec-O Lanctôt and agri‑advisor Béatrice Hamel of Sollio & Vivaco Agriculture coopérative see themselves as a ship’s crew, scanning for waves before they hit.

“Samuel’s the captain. And I’m the one in the crow’s nest, eyes on the horizon,” says Béatrice. For both Samuel and Béatrice, having a successful layer farm is about observing the birds and sweating the details. “We’re proactive,” adds Samuel. “We try to solve problems before they come up.”

Jean-Michel makes no secret of his caring side. In his 28 years as a manager, his warm approach and sincere desire to help have consistently made an impression on those around him. He comes from a family of poultry farmers, and his work has always been closely linked to agriculture and nature. 

Farmers who want to adopt best practices for sustainable agriculture need look no further than Sollio Agriculture’s agri-environmental agri-advisors, who are always up on the latest innovations and developments in the field.

As part of Congrès végétal 2024, agri-environmental agri-advisors from across Québec and Eastern Ontario came together for two day–long training sessions on sustainable farming.

AgroCarbone Grandes Cultures is a program aimed at developing viable business models to help field crop farmers reach the targets for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Our governments are aware of the impact of climate change and will continue to tighten regulations in the coming years. The challenge for farmers is twofold. They have to:

1. Adapt to climate change

2. Change course when GHG reduction targets change