Transitioning management and ownership of a farm business from one generation to the next can present many challenges. While there are numerous resources to support farm founders in assessing their business and planning their transition into retirement, not many advise young farmers on how they should prepare. Elaine Froese, a farmer from southern Manitoba who […] Read more
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Grow Ontario Strategy takes root with agri-food sector
Accelerating technology and adoption, strengthening supply chains and increasing labour goal of provincial plan
The province’s newly released agri-food strategy, Grow Ontario, has been welcomed across the agricultural sector. It outlines the province’s goal to increase the production and consumption of food grown and prepared in Ontario by 30 per cent, increase food and beverage manufacturing GDP by 10 per cent and increase agri-food exports by eight per cent […] Read more
Farmland preservation, strong rural communities top OFA priority list for 2023
The start of a new year is often a time for resolution and goal setting. Whether that goal is to walk more steps each day, grow a better tomato or win first place at the 4-H club show, each one requires us to look at what we want to achieve and find ways to get […] Read more
GFO funds crop pathologist professorship
$2 million is being invested in the new position based at Ridgetown
Protecting grain crops from costly plant diseases under climate change and other factors is the main goal of a new $2 million gift to the University of Guelph from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO). The funding, announced Jan. 5 at the Ontario Agricultural Conference, will support a new Grain Farmers of Ontario Professorship in Field […] Read more
Editorial: Agrivoltaics has potential
A group of scientists, energy consultants, ag tech and green energy business owners came together last month to discuss how solar energy can help tackle the province’s looming energy crisis – and they say it could help farmers at the same time. Members of the newly-formed Agrivoltaics Canada held an inaugural conference at University of […] Read more
Opinion: Innovation is hard, hype is easy
There is no shortage of companies and researchers that claim to have a silver bullet to solve agricultural issues, but if truly helpful, it takes years before technologies are in the hands of farmers
Glacier FarmMedia – In November, the John Innes Centre announced it had discovered a gene that could lead to drought resistant wheat. The centre is a well-known institution in Norwich, United Kingdom, specializing in plant science and crop genetics, so the new gene and its potential for improving wheat production will garner interest. And maybe […] Read more
The Hoof Trimmer hangs up his grinder, capping a 42-year career
Albert Cousineau has trimmed the hoofs of more than 200,000 cows
Albert Cousineau’s career as a hoof trimmer spans 42 years, two provinces, three farming generations of clients and more than 200,000 cows. On Dec. 7, he hung up his grinder after trimming his final cow. “When I started trimming in northwestern Quebec, the farm I went to on Tuesday was the very first farm I […] Read more
Farmer meetings aim to reduce isolation and stress
SHED Talk project aims to generate grassroots support networks
Goderich-based non-profit Gateway Rural Health has launched a farmer meeting series to build grassroots mental health support networks in rural Ontario. The Sustaining Healthy Farms Through Empowerment and Dedication, or “SHED Talk” project, is a series of interactive discussion sessions for members of the farming community. The sessions feature speakers covering different aspects of mental […] Read more
Interest wanes in biopesticides, says scientist
A variety of roadblocks can impede commercialization of biological crop protection products, making them too expensive
Glacier FarmMedia – Biopesticides aren’t ready to compete with synthetic pesticides in broad scale agriculture, said a retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientist. Research into biopesticides has waned in the last decade, partly because it takes so long to get products to market in Canada. “I don’t see an appetite for these products in North […] Read more
Opinion: The many tools of agriculture
Glacier FarmMedia – Everything changed for agriculture after the Second World War. As the world went to war, the sector was largely driven by horsepower. By war’s end, it was poised for rapid mechanization and the Green Revolution, which brought about increased use of fertilizer and herbicides, all products of wartime research efforts. The widespread […] Read more
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