A new $5.75 million program aims to increase soil health through multi-year on-farm research. The program called the On-Farm Applied Research and Monitoring (ONFARM) project, will be funded by the […] Read more
New ONFARM program to build soil health measures and learning
The long-term program will help set up sites and resources for information sharing
Ontario farmers seeing revenue opportunity in biogas digesters
Renewable natural gas contracts are making new methane capture projects profitable again
Renewable natural gas produced in biogas digesters is emerging as an opportunity for Ontario farmers to capture revenue from waste. Natural gas utilities in British Columbia and Quebec have requested […] Read more
Ontario introduces farm trespass act
The legislation aims to protect farmers from trespassers and damage they might cause
Updated Dec. 2 The Ontario government introduced a bill Dec. 2 aimed at discouraging people who would interfere with livestock production and transportation. The legislation, Security From Trespass and Protecting […] Read more
Editorial: Minding the fence lines
The idiom goes that fences make good neighbours, but fence building also makes enemies, even among people who live and work next to each other on farms. That’s why decades […] Read more
Smithfield looks through whole supply chain to limit carbon impact
Manure remains the largest impact on carbon for the worldwide swine production company
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest producer and processor of hogs, has a significant plan to reduce carbon emissions from its operations. The company has set a goal of reducing its […] Read more
Search still on for blockchain business value
The secure ledger system was supposed to revolutionize food transactions, but a lack of data sharing has hindered adoption
The world has been hearing about blockchain for years, but several advocates and innovators of the system admit that there’s not that much to show for it yet. Why it […] Read more
Fence disputes to fall to municipalities to resolve
The Line Fences Act has provided a province-wide system for fence dispute resolution
The provincial government is eliminating the Line Fences Act, which has kept the peace relating to property border fences in rural Ontario for generations. The act will be eliminated in […] Read more
Getting “lean” onto the farm
Can principles that originated in car factories improve efficiency on the farm?
An OMAFRA project is exploring how farmers can apply the kind of practices that made Toyota a world leader in car manufacturing to improve farm profitability. The ministry’s Environmental Management […] Read more
Currie wins fourth term as Ontario Federation of Agriculture president
Peggy Brekveld and Mark Reusser were re-elected as vice-presidents for the next year
Keith Currie is back as president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). Currie won a fourth one-year term as president at the OFA annual meeting Nov. 18, 2019 in […] Read more
Editorial: Finding new ways of thinking
It pays to get out of your comfort zone sometimes, pushed to think a bit differently — especially if it’s about your line of work or something about which you […] Read more