A new living lab is being created in Ontario with funding assistance from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Led by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), the project will […] Read more
Ontario’s new Living Lab to receive $12 million over five years
Projects focused on innovation and adoption of on-farm climate change practices
How a parasitoid wasp might address fruit fly pest issue
B.C. and Michigan State research shows promising results
Spotted wing drosophila is a diminutive but prolific fruit fly pest with a penchant for fresh and ripening fruit. It lays its egg within soft fruit, causing it to decompose […] Read more
Uncontrolled ground current remains a silent killer for livestock
Progress on mitigating the issue issue has stalled after 2022 report
As a five-year-old, Larry Davis remembers an intense tingling that shot up his arm when he cleaned the dairy barn water bowls. “I just said, ‘I can’t do it, I […] Read more
Tar spot pressure low in Ontario so far
Tarspotter app can improve regional scouting
In early July, Albert Tenuta confirmed low incidences of tar spot in Elgin, Chatham-Kent and Essex counties. Tenuta, a field crop extension plant pathologist with the Ontario agriculture department, noted […] Read more
Senate study connects Canadians to soil health
Committee meetings could wrap by Christmas
The Canadian Senate is getting into the nitty gritty of Canadian soil health as a long-term study reaches the mid-point for witness testimonials. “It’s one of Canada’s most precious natural […] Read more
Homesteader-based Thornbury Acres could signal future for rural-ag development
Proposed plans will combine small scale farming and rural living
Harley Valentine is passionate about Thornbury Acres, Castlepoint Numa’s first-ever farm-based homesteader condominium project with an integrated farm-to-fork lifestyle. When Valentine and his brother-in-law, a Castlepoint Numa partner, purchased the […] Read more
Balancing farm severances with the need for housing
CFFO supports intensified housing within existing settlement boundaries
The debate on balancing housing demand with agricultural land protection continues to build as agricultural associations draft provincial planning statement letters. It was a hot policy topic at the Christian […] Read more
New living lab announced for Ontario
A new living lab is being created in Ontario with funding assistance from Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC). Led by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), this living […] Read more
U of G hits sweet spot with honeybee research centre
New centre to operate as hive of community engagement
The University of Guelph is abuzz with anticipation now the ground has broken for a new $16 million honeybee research facility. The 15,000-square-foot Luckevich Pinchin Honey Bee Research Centre (HBRC) […] Read more
Peggy Brekveld named CAHRC chair
Ontario dairy farmer looks forward to addressing labour shortages
The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) acclaimed Peggy Brekveld for a two-year term as chair on June 20. The northern Ontario dairy farmer and Ontario Federation of Agriculture president […] Read more
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