Statistics Canada says that farm households are doing much better than they did a generation or two ago. And that’s something to celebrate. Our cover story in our Feb. 11 […] Read more
Editorial: Healthy farm households
Cameras provide base for dairy automation and monitoring
Dairy Focus: Companies are using the cameras to measure everything from feed intake to body condition
Cameras are helping attach milking machines to teats, monitor body condition score, heats and feed consumption on dairy farms, making it one of the base technologies of the dairy data […] Read more
Ontario government appealing animal welfare enforcement ruling
The ruling gave the government a year to create greater transparency around animal welfare enforcement
The Ontario government is appealing the court ruling that give it a year to sort out a way to make animal welfare enforcement in Ontario more accountable. The Jan. 2, […] Read more
General manager out at Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Graham Lloyd had been the general manager for almost two years
Graham Lloyd is out as the general manager of Dairy Farmers of Ontario. The organization confirmed to Farmtario that Lloyd is no longer with the DFO as of Jan. 31. […] Read more
Dairy services partnership not yet finalized
The new name for the partnership has not yet been released and groups ask for patience
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
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