Ontario’s maple syrup industry is resilient, with improvements in technology and marketing, but isn’t exempt by impacts from tariffs or Mother Nature
Sticky business
Ontario maple syrup producers continue tradition in face of many challenges
Early warning systems key to late blight detection
Cuts to American labs have producers in North America concerned
Cuts to American potato testing labs have producers in North America concerned about losing a late blight early warning system.
Taking the mystery out of soil and tissue tests
Agronomists, soil scientists on what they offer, and what the differences between the tests are
Soil tests assess the potential availability of nutrients under optimal conditions. In contrast, tissue tests indicate actual uptake under variable field conditions.
Trevor Jones is Ontario’s new minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
Trevor Jones, Chatham-Kent-Leamington MPP, is Ontario’s new Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness in a cabinet shuffle announced this afternoon by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Ford unveiled his new cabinet […] Read more
Growing days and local climate should inform planting decisions
Clinging to traditional calendar-based harvesting schedules can have negative effects on forage and silage digestibility, nutritional value
When producers over-prioritize the drive to achieve forage quality, they can fall short on quantity, jeopardizing livestock nutrition and farm profitability.
Steve Sickle wins Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s Don Hill Legacy Award
Steve Sickle received the Don Hill Legacy Award for his innovative mobile cow shade project during the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s (OSCIA) annual general meeting held in Kingston in February 2025.
Market and political uncertainty shadow storage bin decisions at London Farm Show
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Tariffs haven’t affected Canada’s grain market storage sector yet, but market uncertainty is influencing producers’ expansion decisions.
John Cranfield appointed Ontario Agricultural College dean
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Dr. John Cranfield has been appointed dean of the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College (OAC). He had served as interim dean since July 2023.
First time lucky for Ontario’s top winter canola grower
Winners of the 2024 Ontario Canola Challenge share their growing practices
Matt Kolkman is flabbergasted that he won the Ontario Canola Grower’s 2024 winter canola challenge. Considering his first season was a comedy of errors with a punishing learning curve, Kolkman’s […] Read more
Dairy producers, researcher weigh in on how to increase longevity
Production, fertility and replacement rate need to be balanced against economic factors for dairy farms
Building longevity in dairy herds doesn’t have a sure-fire formula, however, production, fertility and replacement rate using a cow-specific metric balanced against economic and management impact should influence culling decisions.
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