Board members and staff from Can West DHI, Canadian Dairy Network and Valacta continue to work toward finalizing their new partnership and collective new name and service delivery model. CanWest […] Read more
Dairy services partnership not yet finalized
The new name for the partnership has not yet been released and groups ask for patience
Former OMAFRA manager appointed OPVG chair
Dave Hope succeeds Suzanne van Bommel as appointed chair of the processing vegetable board
Dave Hope has been named as the new chair of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers (OPVG) board. Hope succeeds Suzanne van Bommel in the position after van Bommel’s recent resignation. […] Read more
Processor investments should continue to grow Ontario milk market
The fluid milk market situation has prompted calls for better forecasting of quota allocation
Dairy Farmers of Ontario expects the demand for milk in the province to continue to grow, even with potentially significant new volumes of imports from trade deals. But unlike last […] Read more
How to tell the sustainability story
Professor says production efficiency increases are legitimate argument
Increases in farm production efficiency continue to reduce the environment impact per unit of production. However, such messages are often technical. How well do they resonate with consumers looking at […] Read more
Van Bommel resigns as processing vegetable growers board chair
To take on a role with the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission
Suzanne van Bommel has resigned her role as chair of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers. Van Bommel was appointed chair after the province’s administrator turned control of the OPVG back […] Read more
Editorial: Could beef be the new butter?
Beef farmers have a right to feel a bit battered. They are being slammed by many attacks in the mainstream media, often the result of lazy journalism being used to […] Read more
Dairy genomic project closer to feed efficiency number
The Canadian portion of the project hopes to gain more funding to complete its work
The Efficient Dairy Genome Project (EDGP) is looking for another year of funding so it can complete its work and create breeding indices for feed efficiency for Canadian dairy farmers. […] Read more
Ontario farmers make first blockchain system corn sale
An Ontario startup company facilitated the trade of high-DON corn
Some Ontario farmers have used a new grain sales system to sell some of their corn high in DON. Prince Edward County farmers Larry Reynolds and Lloyd Crowe used the […] Read more
Corn hybrid testing for DON needs industry support
There is currently no screening program for susceptibility to DON for corn in Ontario
Farmers continue to search for better ways to manage risk of an outbreak of deoxynivalenol (DON) in future corn crops. One of the areas of most interest is figuring out […] Read more
Canadian negotiator said CUSMA deal had to be done
The Canadian negotiators received pressure to end supply management until late in the negotiations
Canadian agriculture negotiators were dealing with proposals from the United States that would end supply management into September, 2018, not long before the deal was eventually completed at the end […] Read more
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