The Fairlife milk brand is coming to Canada by the end of 2018. The product introduction includes building an $85 million production facility in Peterborough to process milk for the […] Read more
Coca-Cola is bringing its Fairlife milk product to Canada
A new tomato for Ontario
A large project aims to create on-the-vine greenhouse tomatoes optimized for Ontario growing conditions and consumers
What do Ontarians like in a tomato? Some like a tough skin and viscous inside. Others like sweetness and softness. The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers gave the Vineland Research and […] Read more
Kicking the antimicrobial habit
Farmers have already lost ability to use antimicrobials for growth enhancement; tighter purchasing restrictions are next
Farmers worry new Health Canada regulations that require veterinary prescriptions for commonly used antimicrobials will affect the industry’s competitiveness. Why it matters: Resistance to antimicrobials continues to grow among diseases […] Read more
Five questions for Ontario political parties
Political parties vying for the Ontario government had fairly similar answers to agriculture policy questions
Farmtario editor John Greig posed five farm-policy-related questions to representatives of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, New Democrat and Green parties. (Editor’s note: Responses have been edited for length) The respondents […] Read more
Editorial: Where will the urban voter go?
Rural Ontario residents could again be bystanders as the cities determine the next government
By June 7, the Progressive Conservatives could be the new government of Ontario, and there would be much glee in rural Ontario, where the long-governing Liberals have managed to decrease […] Read more
Battling hog barn bugs
Farmers dealing with tighter access to antimicrobials look to prevention versus treatment
Livestock farmers across Canada are bracing for extra costs as Health Canada moves to further lock down their access to antimicrobials, but Huron Country hog farmers Tara and Dennis Terpstra […] Read more
Exhibitor numbers up for this year’s Ontario Pork Congress
The event runs June 20 and 21 in Stratford, and is now surrounded by public celebrations of pork
The Ontario Pork Congress once drew 10s of thousands of farmers to Stratford to learn about the industry and improve their farms. As the number of hog farmers has plunged, […] Read more
Partnership aims to edit genes for polled dairy cattle
This will be one of the first applications for gene editing in food animals, so companies involved expect regulatory approval to take years
Semex has formed a partnership with Recombinetics, a genetic engineering firm, to use genetic ‘editing’ to produce animals that have no horns. Semex, a farmer-owned company and Canada’s largest dairy […] Read more
New London dealer building a sign of Kubota’s strategy
Hyde Park Equipment has built a new showcase dealership location south of London
Kubota’s global growth towards a full-line agriculture equipment provider is driving shifts and expansion in its Ontario dealers. Smaller dealers who have been with the company for decades, selling its […] Read more
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show launches Innovations Showcase
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) will be showcasing new technology and product launches at the 2018 show as part of a new Innovations Showcase. The Innovations Showcase will highlight the […] Read more
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