Canada’s largest milk processor is purchasing a supplier of niche yogurt and feta cheese based in St. Marys, Ont. Saputo is buying Shepherd Gourmet Dairy Inc. for $100 million. Shepherd […] Read more
Saputo buys St. Marys’ Shepherd Gourmet
The big data dairy challenge
The dairy sector is showing how machine learning and artificial intelligence systems can convert raw data into insight
Dairy farm software and equipment is increasingly turning to the power of machine learning and big data sets to bring new tools to farmers. Large, established companies and startups are […] Read more
Greig: Why IBV is such a tough bug
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) continues to find ways to keep itself relevant to poultry farmers, researchers and veterinarians across North America — much to their dismay. Why it matters: Despite […] Read more
Editorial: Long term investment vs. short term expense
The province recently released its first soil strategy. The long document talks about much of what we know now about soil health. It also talks about best management of soil […] Read more
Province lays out soil health strategy
Measures aim to improve soil health over the next decade
The Ontario government’s soil health strategy is a sprawling plan that aims to provide industry guidance on improving soil health out to 2030. It plans to do that by bringing […] Read more
A conversation with Lawrence MacAulay
Farmtario editor John Greig recently talked to Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay about trade, reaching ambitious export goals and Canadian’s agriculture rising prominence as an engine of […] Read more
Lessons from a winning student team
A University of Guelph marketing team recently placed second in an North American student competition
A group of University of Guelph students placed second at the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) student competition in Kansas City. The 15 students finished second out of 29 teams with […] Read more
Bringing high-tech down to earth
These Exeter-area brothers have embraced multi-hybrid planting — but so far results are mixed
When farmers Mike and Geoff Strang went looking for a new planter, they weren’t content with buying the latest technology off the shelf. They took their new Kinze 3600Tr planter […] Read more
A multi-hybrid planter rebuild
How do you take a split hybrid, twin row planter and make it plant dual hybrids one in the front planter row and one in the back? It takes ingenuity, […] Read more
Tracking farm tax reductions
Why have some counties managed to get farm tax rate reductions, while others have not?
Ontario farmers are starting to get tax relief from the massive increases in the value of their land, but the amount of tax relief varies. The reduction of the farm […] Read more
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