Ontario soybean yields proof of crop resilience

Ontario soybean yields proof of crop resilience

Despite a difficult spring and early summer, the crop could set a new provincial record for average yield

After struggling though tough early-season conditions, Ontario’s 2024 soybean crop delivered a surprisingly good average yield, perhaps edging into record territory.


Study ties hay/pasture conversion to biodiversity loss

Study ties hay/pasture conversion to biodiversity loss

Study draws on census data, AAFC land-cover analysis overlaid with avian population estimates

Research conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, aimed at highlighting the “threatened” status of the Eastern Meadowlark on Ontario’s Species at Risk list, draws on Census of Agriculture data and land-cover analysis from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, overlaid with avian population estimates from the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas organization.

Contemporary knowledge about wind and snow loads on buildings, and the size and scale of buildings now common on farms, calls for heavier and more complex roof trusses, wall studs and bracing.

Farm building costs could rise on code changes

Updates to the national building codes will affect on-farm construction, say builders

Costs to erect modern-scaled farm buildings in Ontario could increase in 2025 due to planned updates of national codes regulating construction, fire safety, energy safety and plumbing.

Soybean harvest 2014.

Steady harvest strains grain infrastructure

Good weather has kept combines running from soybean to corn harvest across Ontario at quick pace

Ontario grain handlers are struggling under the faster-than-normal progression of soybean harvest into corn harvest. There are no reports of Ontario corn being stockpiled on the ground, but “with the vessel delays that we’ve seen at ports, there’s sometimes nowhere for the corn to go,” said Hensall Co-op grain originator and marketer Berkley Fedorchuk. “We’ll make things work as best we can.”



Canada Royal Milk held it's Grand Opening on Sept. 27, 2024.

Canada Royal Milk ready to appeal to mainstream moms

Dairy plant opens for tours, sees infant formula powder opportunities in and outside Canada

Canada Royal Milk is ramping up production at its new processing facility on the outskirts of Kingston with an aim to supply baby formula across North America. The processing plant has capacity to produce five times the Canadian market for baby formula.