/fmt/articles/rss en /fmt/article/fmt-internships/prevention-and-planning-keys-healthy-herd 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 about 250 Holsteins, in a double 12 parlour. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:08:44 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 332900 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/learning-how-add-value-your-business 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 from the Dewavrins who farm over 600 ha organically, and who also own a mill that transforms their own flour for human consumption. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:10:30 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 332859 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/digging-organic-horticulture 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 able to begin work at Ferme aux Pleines Saveurs in Saint-André-Avellin, QC, in the Outaouais region. Ferme aux Pleines Saveurs is an organic vegetable and fruit farm on about 55 acres of land, and is owned by Chantale Vaillancourt and Martin Turcot (BSc.Agr’94), who met when they were studying at Macdonald Campus. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:13:20 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 327718 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/cows-cant-feed-themselves 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 and 70 Holsteins with a milking robot in a tie-stall barn, with 100 kg of quota, and have some cash crop production. Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:48:38 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 327574 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/grazing-ranch-women <p>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 laying hens and 16 pigs on 1500 acres, offering consumers a variety of locally-raised eggs, beef and pork products.</p> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:27:02 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 286190 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/internship-rotary-parlour <p>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 women. This article will describe some of their experiences working away from home and how they have personally developed over the past few months. The goal of the internship is to gain a better understanding of the management of an agribusiness and develop hard and soft skills through work experience.</p> <p><b>Sara Bohemen – Vermeer’s Dairy Ltd</b></p> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:07:23 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 286185 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/value-added-confidence <p><figure class=" "><img alt="Stacey Godin, a year 2 FMT student, stands in an empty milking parlour " title="Stacey Godin internship 2019" height="427" width="320" style="float: left;" class="file-large lt" src="/fmt/files/fmt/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/img_2286_ed.jpg?itok=JrsvJMoF" /></figure></p> Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:06:00 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 284303 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/learning-from-best-managers <p>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 <i>stages</i>, two of which are one week each in duration and two summer internships lasting 13 weeks, for a total of 28 weeks spent in learning in the workplace.<br /> <br /></p> Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:08:00 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 283886 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/its-all-dutch-me-interning-holland <p></p><div class="image-caption-container lt"><figure class=" "><img alt="Lynne Klein-Boonschate, FMT student intern in Holland" title="Lynne Klein-Boonschate, FMT student intern in Holland" height="502" width="320" style="float: left; width: 320px; height: 502px;" class="file-large lt" src="/fmt/files/fmt/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/f8f3ecd2-e775-43e8-8869-a06efc6f10fc.jpg?itok=JKeZO0r1" /></figure></div> Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:32:14 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 173794 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/go-west-young-man-internship-experiences-alberta Devin Keenan got to experience life on an Alberta dairy farm as he completed his summer stage at Mars Dairy Ltd in Stettler, AB. Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 167621 at /fmt