Spirits Canada’s rural tour campaign to support equity in grocery sales access is getting ‘spirited’ agriculture support. “Many people don’t understand what it means to not see locally made spirits […] Read more
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Spirits Canada appealing to rural communities
Organization pitches economic development as benefit of spirits in grocery stores
Niche market specialists open new crop-cleaning complex
Felder family launched Field Farms Marketing in 2005
Updated July 13, 2023 Field Farms Marketing (FFM) celebrated the opening of a new HACCP-certified food-grade crop-cleaning and conditioning facility on Lasalle Line on June 22. David Felder, director of […] Read more
Barlow’s on-farm biosecurity bill heading to Standing Committee
Animal Justice gearing up to fight
Bill C-275, a private member’s strengthening on-farm biosecurity via the Health of Animals Act, is heading to committee. Alberta Conservative MP John Barlow’s bill was referred to the House of […] Read more
Vanguard to construct Canada’s first compound fertilizer manufacturing facility
New facility will produce fertilizers currently imported from Eastern Europe and Russia
Vanguard Crop Nutrition Inc. (VCN) has begun construction on a compound fertilizer manufacturing facility in Maitland, Ont. It will be the first of its kind in Canada. The facility will […] Read more
Editorial: Cultivated meat no competition
For the past several months, I’ve been following registered dietician Diana Rodgers on LinkedIn. She’s the executive director of Global Food Justice Alliance, an organization whose mandate is to advocate […] Read more
Farm theft still a threat in rural areas
Basic precautions the best safeguard against theft
Pretty much everyone living in rural Ontario has a story of someone they know who’s been hit with a farm theft in the past few years. It might be the […] Read more
Automated washer a possible biosecurity, labour boon
Understaffing and outbreaks of PED have been linked
Glacier FarmMedia – A hog farm in southeastern Manitoba is taking a crack at automating its barn washing process with help from a Danish robot. “It definitely creates labour efficiencies,” […] Read more
Spider mites bugging your soybeans?
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of July 3
Dimethoate resistant two-spotted spider mite populations in Ontario soybeans Results from bioassays conducted on two-spotted spider mite (TSSM) populations collected in soybean fields across Ontario show the prevalence of dimethoate […] Read more
Ignoring fatigue is a slippery slope
Effects of fatigue greatly underestimated
While it’s no secret that long and tiring days go hand in hand with farming, that doesn’t mean becoming complacent about the implications of working while fatigued. Because ignoring the […] Read more
Jean Szkotnicki, animal health champion, 70
Long-time leader of the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) Jean Szkotnicki, has passed away at the age of 70 after a brief illness. She led CAHI for 29 years, “skillfully […] Read more
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