Lab-grown meat is getting a lot of attention along with plant-based meat substitutes. Dairy proteins may be the next product produced in a lab, for use in fluid “milk” production and processed dairy products like yogurt and cheese, to name a few. What is synthetic dairy? Perfect Day Inc., a California-based start-up, has recreated the proteins […] Read more
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Foreign workers leave families behind, but also see opportunity
Farmtario will continue to check in with Helen Espinola as she settles into her two-year work term in Canada. Helen…
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Cows enter world’s first floating farm
Thirty-two cows are now living on the world’s first floating dairy farm based in the port at Rotterdam in The…
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Wild boar groups small so far in Ontario
Reported sightings of large groups of wild pigs – known as “sounders” – in Ontario are still limited to one…
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Corporate giants continue pushing food sector tech-adoption
In an environment of ever-increasing pressure to adopt new technologies in food production, companies struggle to identify which technologies they…
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Editorial: Agricultural supply stores reflect farm service reality
The last agriculture retail store in my area closed July 1, and after getting over my frustration at the fact,…
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Hopping mad
Clearview Township hops grower says a bylaw passed earlier this year means it has fewer rights than apple and grape…
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Lab-grown dairy: the next protein foray
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Minimizing pesticide drift and crop insect monitoring
Ontario Field Crop Report for the week of July 18
Pesticide drift Pesticide drift is a complicated subject and it carries significant financial and emotional baggage. This season has been challenging for many agricultural sectors and practices, and spray applicators have been challenged with difficult timing and limited opportunities for herbicide applications. When sprayer operators are rushed or frustrated they have to make hard decisions, […] Read more
Canadian wheat sales to China hit 14-year high despite dispute
Supply and demand trumps politics as wheat sales to China nearly double
Reuters | Winnipeg/Chicago – Canada has shipped the most wheat to China in 14 years, contrasting a sudden halt in canola trade amid a diplomatic dispute between the countries, as Chinese buyers shunned the United States. China bought 1.5 million tonnes of wheat from Canada from August 2018 through April 2019, nearly double the pace […] Read more
Opinion: There’s opportunity in world meat market changes
The current issues in the meat market won’t go away quickly
At the Ontario Pork Congress in Stratford recently, the mood was positive, not only among producers but the support industry as well. Pork prices are high and are expected to stay that way for a significant stretch of time, mostly because of the African swine fever disaster in China, the world’s largest pork consumer. The […] Read more
Foreign workers leave families behind, but also see opportunity
More workers from other countries are filling empty farming roles, including on hog farms
Farmtario will continue to check in with Helen Espinola as she settles into her two-year work term in Canada. Helen Espinola left behind her husband and two children in the Philippines to work on a hog barn on the norther border of Huron County. She’s a farrowing room technician who says she loves working with […] Read more
Cows enter world’s first floating farm
The project aims to reuse organic waste streams as cattle feed while showing how floating farms could work
Thirty-two cows are now living on the world’s first floating dairy farm based in the port at Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Years of development and construction have finally come to the last hurdle when the Montbelliarde cows can find their sea legs and get accustomed to their new home. And what a luxury home it […] Read more
Wild boar groups small so far in Ontario
There is concern about growing numbers of feral hogs due to their potential role in African swine fever transmission
Reported sightings of large groups of wild pigs – known as “sounders” – in Ontario are still limited to one or two instances in the Parry Sound/Magnetawan district, although there are reported sightings across much of the rest of the province.. Government and non-governmental scientists tracking the animals’ movements believe Ontario still has the opportunity […] Read more
Corporate giants continue pushing food sector tech-adoption
RBC and Microsoft push greater digitization in food processing and supply chains
In an environment of ever-increasing pressure to adopt new technologies in food production, companies struggle to identify which technologies they should adopt, and who they should work with to do so — not to mention how to pay for them. According to the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and tech-giant Microsoft, these three barriers reduce […] Read more
Editorial: Agricultural supply stores reflect farm service reality
The last agriculture retail store in my area closed July 1, and after getting over my frustration at the fact, I realized it tells another part of the story of how agriculture is changing. I’m not the focus of most companies that sell products to farmers. I have a small acreage, do things with it […] Read more
Hopping mad
Why a move by Clearview Township to restrict some on-farm processing could have implications for value-adding across the province
Clearview Township hops grower says a bylaw passed earlier this year means it has fewer rights than apple and grape growers to market directly to consumers. The bylaw passed in March means no farmers other than those growing grapes and apples can create consumer products on farm with an alcohol content. While apple growers can […] Read more
