Canadians can get a virtual look at more farms with the addition of beef, chicken and turkey farms at FarmFood360.ca. Three new virtual reality tours filmed last summer on Ontario beef, chicken and turkey farms have been added to the site joining the 15 farm and food processing tours already there. Visiting a farm is […] Read more
New virtual reality tours open doors to farms
Beef set aside program opened
Ontario beef farmers can apply to program for cattle that can’t be processed
Ontario beef farmers affected by the closure of Cargill Meat Solution’s beef processing plant in Guelph can now apply for government assistance. The emergency assistance will provide up to $5 million after the Cargill plant shut down after spread of COVID-19 at the plant, which will result in a backlog of beef cattle waiting for […] Read more
New plant growth regulator for cereal crops registered
Syngenta Canada recently announced the registration of Moddus, a new plant growth regulator that helps to mitigate lodging risk in wheat, barley and oats. Crops that have lodged may suffer lower yields due to poor grain fill and lost grain. Farmers must often contend with delayed harvests, heavier workloads and increased grain cleaning, drying and […] Read more
Guelph Cargill plant shuts down temporarily
BFO looks for cattle support program to be triggered soon
Beef Farmers of Ontario is calling for the activation of the Ontario Beef Cattle Set-Aside Program with the temporary closure of Cargill’s Guelph beef processing plant. The Cargill Meat Solutions plant will be closed after its processing run Dec. 17, and idled indefinitely, with monitoring day to day for re-opening. There are 57 cases of […] Read more
ADM brings Wisium premix brand feed to eastern Canada
ADM has announced that its Wisium premium premix brand will be coming to Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. The Wisium brand was added to ADM’s company with its 2019 acquisition of Neovia. Wisium had been available in many parts of the world, but is new to eastern Canada. ADM has a premix facility in Woodstock, […] Read more
Huron Tractor acquiring McGrail Farm Equipment
Huron Tractor will expand its dealer network by two more locations with its acquisition of McGrail Farm Equipment. The companies recently announced the acquisition which will be effective Jan. 1, 2021. McGrail Farm Equipment L.P. is a John Deere dealership which serves Chatham-Kent and Essex County from its locations in Chatham and Comber. “It is […] Read more
Poll says Canadians support path to residency for foreign workers
Close to 80 per cent had a positive response to the idea of permanent residency for foreign workers
A survey commissioned by two Canadian senators says that more than eight in 10 Canadians would support or somewhat support providing a way for temporary migrant workers to remain in Canada. The poll was conducted by Nanos Research and was commissioned by Senator Rob Black, an Ontario senator with close ties to agriculture, and Senator […] Read more
New The Real Dirt on Farming available
Farm & Food Care officially unveiled the fifth edition of The Real Dirt on Farming, its flagship public-outreach publication, at its virtual Harvest Gala on Nov. 14. The Real Dirt on Farming is a nation-wide initiative designed to help Canadians connect with their food and the farmers that produce it – who they are, what […] Read more
Nitrogen fixing bacteria to be available in 2021
Envita, a nitrogen-fixing bacteria, will be available to Canadian farmers for its first full season in 2021. It works within plant cells to fix nitrogen from the air and was approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency earlier this year, following six years of research and farm trials in Canada and the United States. Azotic […] Read more
Sher given Farm & Food Care champion award
The young filmmaker’s Before the Plate documentary helped explain modern farming
Dylan Sher, producer of the local food movie Before the Plate, has received the 2020 Farm & Food Care Ontario Champion Award. The award was presented by Farm & Food Care Ontario (FFCO) Chair Bonnie den Haan in front of a virtual audience of 300 attendees to the sold out Harvest Gala-in-a-Box event recently. The […] Read more
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