Video Library 
Agricultural TV News Reports

OFAC and AGCare sponsor TV news reports produced by University of Guelph Agricultural Communication students. Their stories are often broadcast on the weekly TV program, Town & Country Ontario in its Info Break segment. For more information and to view the program, visit the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food web site at
Town & Country Ontario.

These clips are samples of broadcast quality video footage that is available free of charge to the Ontario media in DVD format and BetaCam SP. For more information, contact Timeline Communications.

There are about 21,000 beef farms in Ontario. About 18,000 are cow/calf farms and 3,000 are feedlots. Length: 11 sec. •Low Quality   (192 KB) •High Quality   (488 KB)		Ontario Pork’s “Pig Mobile” travels to fairs and farm shows across the province to educate consumers about the industry. Length: 20 sec. •Low Quality   (296 KB) •High Quality   (844 KB)		Most pigs in Ontario are kept in barns to provide protection from predators, extreme weather, parasites and disease. Length: 11 sec. •Low Quality   (172 KB) •High Quality   (488 KB)
More than 3,800 Ontario pork producers market about 5 ½ million hogs every year. Length: 11 sec. •Low Quality   (332 KB) •High Quality   (940 KB)		After sows farrow (give birth), the sow and piglets are kept in specially designed stalls called farrowing pens. Length: 19 sec. •Low Quality   (288 KB) •High Quality   (812 KB)		The Holstein (black and white) breed of dairy cows makes up 92 percent of the dairy cattle population in Canada. Length: 23 sec. •Low Quality   (360 KB) •High Quality   (1 MB)
The average dairy cow eats about 25 kg of feed every day. Length: 27 sec. •Low Quality   (408 KB) •High Quality   (1.1 MB)		Soybeans are grown on more than two million acres of Ontario farmland, yielding about 91 million bushels per year. Length: 25 sec. •Low Quality   (380 KB) •High Quality   (1 MB)		Most laying hens in Canada are raised in cages. These hens are in a research project studying the pros and cons of housing hens in groups. Length: 10 sec. •Low Quality   (164 KB) •High Quality   (456 KB)
Canadian egg farmers care for a total of 19 million hens, producing about 5.5 billion eggs per year. Length: 17 sec. •Low Quality   (268 KB) •High Quality   (760 KB)		Milk-fed veal calves are raised until they reach a weight of about 200 kg at approximately five months of age. Length: 13 sec. •Low Quality   (196 KB) •High Quality   (568 KB)		Most turkeys are raised in specially designed barns that provide protection from predators, disease and bad weather. Length: 10 sec. •Low Quality   (164 KB) •High Quality   (448 KB)