Consumer preferences are changing rapidly and the trends that are showing up illustrate those changes. Nourish Network has identified nine food trends for 2020 that will also affect farmers, in […] Read more
Connecting with consumers: Food trends for 2020
Consumers are changing their food-buying habits and adopting new attitudes toward food technology
5G and the future of farming
The challenges of moving a new technology into rural areas could create new partnerships and opportunities
Users of the Samsung Galaxy S20 phone will be the first to have access to 5G technology in Canada. Rural residents and farmers will have to wait much longer – […] Read more
Agriculture and supply chain part of essential service list
COVID-19 driven shut down of non-essential Ontario businesses to start at the end of Tuesday
Updated March 23, 9 p.m. to include details about essential service listing and agriculture businesses. Ontario’s non-essential businesses will be shut down as of midnight Tuesday night in order to […] Read more
Editorial: Feed the markets that want to be fed
A&W has been the whipping boy for many in the agriculture community who see any marketing that might lead someone to question what they do on their farm as an […] Read more
Business school no-till case shows complexity of tillage decisions
Farmers tested the delivery of the case for Ivy Business School
Ivy Business School at Western University is aiming to include more agriculture cases for study by its business students. But first, it recently hosted an evening for farmers and the […] Read more
Seasonal workers caught up in COVID-19 border closure
Thousands of workers arrive in Canada to plant, tend and harvest crops each year
Updated 1:30 p.m. March 17 Fruit and vegetable growers will be short of workers this growing season with the news that labourers from the Caribbean and Mexico will not be […] Read more
Ottawa farm show, March Classic cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
Large agriculture events shuttered as part of COVID-19 control measures
The need to limit large gatherings of people due to COVID-19 has meant the cancellation of two of Ontario’s largest agriculture events. The Ottawa Valley Farm Show and the Grain […] Read more
Sick with COVID-19? Stay away from animals if possible
There’s not much yet known about transfer to animals, but pigs are at largest risk
Farmers with livestock should take some of the same precautions that they are taking with people in order to make sure they don’t transmit the coronavirus COVID-19 to their animals. […] Read more
Branded beef becoming the market standard
Beef brands are helping Ontario product in Japan, but also imported product in Ontario
Exports, taking advantage of Ontario’s strong market and building long-term brands will be key to the future of beef market growth for Ontario producers. Work is underway on a major […] Read more
Editorial: Burdensome beef supply needs an Ontario outlet
An overabundance of beef processing capacity has never been an asset of Ontario farmers. It might be time for them to take that problem into their own hands. The loss […] Read more