Five young people currently pursuing future careers in agriculture have each won a bursary of $2,000 from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). The undergraduate, postgraduate and apprenticeship awards were […] Read more
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OFA recognizes five young leaders at annual convention
Lactanet embarks on LPI modernization process
Predictive production index has become cumbersome, complicated
A long-standing tool for predicting the milk production performance of dairy cattle daughters will be “modernized” to make it more user-friendly and reflective of contemporary knowledge about feed efficiency. During […] Read more
Are your kids safe on the farm?
Sobering data offered by farm safety advocates show young children and seniors still figure heavily in ag deaths
There’s good and bad news on Canada’s farm injury front. Deaths on farms or related to farming practices dropped an average of 1.4 per cent annually from 2011 to 2020, […] Read more
$25 million program aims to boost agri-food innovation in Ontario
The program’s first intake starts on Feb. 15, 2024 and will pay up to $100,00 per project
The Agri-Tech Innovation Initiative will disperse $25 million of Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership funding to drive agriculture and food sector production capacity and energy efficiency. “These investments will allow established […] Read more
Accurate accounting of nitrous oxide needed: researchers
Science Notes: Discussion grows on how much nitrous oxide crop residues emit
According to researchers from Aarhus University, among others, there is a need to change the way greenhouse gases from agriculture are accounted. The current inventory of nitrous oxide from plant […] Read more
The prospect of farming in the Great Clay Belt
It may be too daunting for some, but the potential is there
It’s an area larger than the total acreage now farmed in Ontario, yet the prospect of clearing, tiling and bringing the 16 million acres of the Great Clay Belt to […] Read more
Expanding knowledge about cover cropping effects
Tour hosted by Soils@Guelph puts current research efforts on display
Cover crops’ effects on water runoff and greenhouse gas emissions were among projects seen by visitors to the University of Guelph’s Soils@Guelph research plots. Why it matters: Soils@Guelph has been […] Read more
Alblas replaces Hemsted as chair of Ontario Sheep Farmers
Three new directors join OSF board
Ontario Sheep Farmers announced Art Alblas as chair Oct. 27 during the organization’s first in-person annual general meeting since the pandemic. “I am very pleased to be elected as chair […] Read more
Canadian agriculture’s impact can be greater here and globally
Government and business need to fund the sector beyond the current focus on carbon
A focus on carbon as the major driver of change in the agriculture and food system is too narrow and excludes other major issues in the sector. A panel of […] Read more
Liberal MP introduces pathway for quicker regulatory approval
Seed, feed and pest control legislation would be amended to allow faster approval of products from other countries
Glacier FarmMedia – Kody Blois, Liberal MP and chair of the House of Commons’ agriculture committee, recently introduced a bill to make it easier for seed, feed and crop protection […] Read more
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