The Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers says that instituting direct contracting for Ontario growers of processing tomatoes will “devastate rural Ontario growers and potentially kill thousands of jobs.” The Ontario Farm […] Read more
Processing vegetable input period ends
Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers looks to maintain current marketing, while other producers look for change
Editorial: Markets, trade variables disrupt usual farm outlook
New layers of challenge keep being thrown over farmers trying to run their businesses in Ontario this spring. Wait, it actually started last fall, with a late and burdensome harvest, […] Read more
Sheep farmer tells her farm’s story using video
Sandi Brock is gaining a significant YouTube following for her video logs
There’s not a lot of filtering in the version of Sandi Brock’s sheep farm that she shows to the world. It’s real and it’s popular with viewers of her YouTube […] Read more
Agricultural Adaptation Council loses funding role to OMAFRA
The Agricultural Adaptation Council has meted out government funding to organizations for years
The Ontario government is taking Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) funding for organizations and partnerships in house, a significant blow to the industry-led Agricultural Adaptation Council, which has administered such programs […] Read more
Uneven wheat crop means fusarium control challenges
Wheat plants are at various stages of development in many of this year’s fields
Uneven crop development has made fungicide application a challenge in wheat this year, when fusarium risk is running medium to high across most of the province. The winter wheat crop […] Read more
Ontario Pork Congress continues to grow
Congress organizers recommend producers come to the show with a biosecurity plan thought out
The Ontario Pork Congress (OPC) continues to grow, adding 20 more exhibitors in 2019. The congress will bring its usual mix of industry events and public outreach to Stratford June […] Read more
Tariffs made for “lean year” for agriculture manufacturers
The lifting of the U.S.-Canada steel tariffs should make trade easier and reduce the cost of farm machinery
Manufacturers of agriculture equipment are expressing relief as steel and aluminum tariffs between Canada and the U.S. were withdrawn. The Canadian, U.S. and Mexican governments came to agreement May 17 […] Read more
DON-forecasting tool funded
Governments help to pay costs to set up computerized monitoring system
The federal and provincial governments are supporting the creation of an early-warning and risk assessment system for deoxynivalenol (DON). Grain Farmers of Ontario is leading the project which will work […] Read more
Police have plans for activists, says officer
A liaison team has contacts with activists and organizations involved in challenging activities
An Ontario Provincial Police community relations officer says the force’s officers have the legislative tools to do their job relating to trespassers on farms. Sergeant Laura Brown told a recent […] Read more
Editorial: Food, fibre…and fun?
We haven’t done a lot of cannabis coverage here at Farmtario, despite the massive public and investor interest in the sector. I’ve thought a lot about it and I expect […] Read more
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