The 2022 Ottawa Valley Farm Show has been cancelled. The Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association (OVSGA) made the decision to cancel the show due to the continued uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges it presents to exhibitors and visitors. Organizers said in an announcement they will be reaching out to all exhibitors and […] Read more
Ottawa Valley Farm Show cancelled
2022 London farm show cancelled
The London Farm Show has been cancelled once again in 2022. Though the government announced on Jan. 20, 2022, that public health measures and restrictions would begin to be cautiously and gradually eased over the next few months if Omicron infections continued to trend downward, current restrictions still pose a very tight timeline to host […] Read more
Increasing veterinarian capacity on Ontario farms
Ontario farmers will soon have improved access to veterinary services when and where they need it. The Livestock Veterinary Innovation Initiative is a new, cost-share program that will increase the access options for veterinary care, especially in rural and northern Ontario, to better support animal health, the livestock agri-food sector and the strength of the […] Read more
DLF launches full-floury corn hybrid
DLF Canada has released its new corn hybrids for 2022 including one of the first leafy full-floury silage hybrids to hit the Canadian market. DLF’s new PS ExPect LFF RR is the only hybrid in its portfolio featuring the leafy full-floury trait, meaning it has 100 per cent floury digestible starch. According to DLF, the […] Read more
Ontario OYFs win national competition
Jenny Butcher and Wes Kuntz, Little Brown Cow Dairy, of Brantford, Ont. were named the national winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) program along with Raymond and Tracey Bredenhof, R&T Poultry and Bredenhof Hops, of Abbotsford, B.C. at the OYF national event held virtually and in Saskatoon Dec. 1-3, 2021. Butcher and Kuntz started the […] Read more
Virtual Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week starts Jan. 5
For a second year in a row, the Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week 2022 conference will take place entirely online. The educational content will be delivered right to producers’ farm offices, kitchen tables, or tractors. Virtual Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week (#GBFW22), in its 56th year, will run from Tuesday, Jan. 4 to Tuesday, Jan. 11. #GBFW22 […] Read more
Carbon tax refund for grain drying urgently needed: GFO
Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) is urging the federal government to create an exemption on the Carbon Tax that it is currently levying on Ontario grain producers immediately, and to issue a rebate of taxes paid to date. On Dec. 14 a tax credit was announced in the federal government‘s Fall Economic Statement that still […] Read more
Sylvite Agri-Services supports local foodbanks
Sylvite Holdings Inc. is once again donating over $20,000 to local foodbanks in the communities in which they do business. This is the second year that the company has donated to local foodbanks. The company said in a release that those most in need have faced difficult challenges through COVID-19, and “giving back to the […] Read more
Draft updated to dairy cattle Code of Practice
New draft released for public comment, closes Jan. 27
A draft update to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle is now open for public comment. The public comment period allows all stakeholders to provide their input on the proposed updates to the 2009 Code. The draft Code and the online platform to submit comments are now accessible at […] Read more
2020 and 2021 honourees inducted in Canadian hall of fame
Nine outstanding Canadians were officially inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Nov. 21 at a ceremony in Winnipeg to showcase 2020 and 2021 recipients. The 2020 inductees are Jay Bradshaw, James Halford, Dr. Bryan Harvey and Dr. Douglas Hedley. The 2021 inductees are Gordon Bacon, Dr. Don Buckingham, Stan Eby, Johanne Ross and […] Read more
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