Social distancing has meant closer connections for farmers selling direct to consumers. Farmers selling direct or through online networks are scrambling to keep up to surging demand from new customers, […] Read more
Business is booming for farmers selling direct
Some farm businesses are reporting a 400 per cent increase in sales as more consumers seek out their own farmer
Editorial: Food system resilience should be priority
We only had a small amount of COVID-19 coverage in our last issue of Farmtario. What a difference in a couple of weeks, as our world has been turned upside […] Read more
Olymel reducing Ontario hog numbers
Company is in court Monday to try to get out a requirement to take Quebec hogs first
Quebec pork processor Olymel is taking about half of the pigs it usually does from Ontario and is working to get out of contracts with producers, due to processing shortages […] Read more
A colour change and more capacity for new Lexion
The 2020 version of the combine now comes with the Claas green
Claas’s new Lexion combine is now being sold in Ontario, but with a bit of a different look. The Lexions, redesigned for 2020, are now in the traditional Claas green […] Read more
Some Ontario milk not being picked up as market shifts
Closure of restaurants and food service due to COVID-19 has challenged processors
Hundreds of Ontario dairy farmers won’t have their milk picked up and potentially into the future because of gluts of milk at processors due to market changes from COVID-19. Dairy […] Read more
Steiger tractors get a digital update
The large horsepower tractors are now are available with Case IH’s AFS Connect system
Ontario farmers were some of the first to get a look at the new Case IH AFS Connect Steiger tractor when it was displayed at the London Farm Show. The […] Read more
Fairlife plant opening delayed by COVID-19 travel restrictions
It needs experts to help it with final testing of the new Peterborough milk plant
A limit on the movement of people around the world due to COVID-19 means a delay in the start up of the new Fairlife Canada milk plant in Peterborough. Company […] Read more
Farmer ready to cut woodlots to pay carbon tax
Government needs to pay for carbon sinks like woodlots and crops, he says
A Lambton County farmer, a winner of environmental awards, says he is ready to rip out his woodlots to help pay for carbon taxes on his farm. Joe Kerr, his […] Read more
Tips for safe bull sales
The suggestions for safe events apply to any other types of still-necessary gatherings
[UPDATED: April 1, 2020] Brent Saunders and his family have moved their 15th annual Charolais bull sale online. They are one of many farms with bull sales scheduled across the […] Read more
More precision in seed row closure
Down pressure for seed closure can now be controlled automatically, with multiple adjustments per second
Closing the trench over and around the seed has been a challenge increasingly met by more innovation over the past decade. That’s meant there are many and varied types of […] Read more