Your pickup is licensed to farm, but are the benefits worth the price to plate? “We recommend that our members – and all farmers – really look at what they […] Read more
Re-thinking the value of farm plates for pickup trucks
Changes to the Ontario vehicle fee system cause of confusion for farm businesses
Are tighter hay supplies in Ontario’s future?
High crop prices and other factors drive growers away from forage acres
Commodity crop prices are sky high. The same can’t be said about Ontario’s hay. A generally good 2021 production season contributed to a glut of dry forage, lowering hay prices […] Read more
Ottawa will not ease Russian fertilizer tariff
Opposition says lack of government action hurts Canadian farmers
Glacier FarmMedia – Ottawa will not exempt buyers from the tariffs on Russian fertilizer even if the purchases were made before sanctions were imposed March 2. The Conservatives pressed the […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers persevere for 2022 planting
Black Sea shipping closure represents biggest among many challenges, say Canadian companies who work there
Ukraine has shifted from input-dependent crops like corn towards the country’s more traditional sunflowers and small grains, as farmers there have persevered through an unimaginably difficult 2022 planting season to […] Read more
Opinion: Tiny tech now dominant in agriculture
A giant hole was punched through the berm around the dam on the Maitland River in Gorrie during a flood a few years ago. I grew up on my family’s […] Read more
Why life insurance matters in succession
Farm transition specialist Ray Riel discusses what different types of insurance can and can’t do for a family and business
In a previous edition of Farmtario, we spoke with farm transition professional Ray Riel about why young farmers should have a last Will and Testament. In this instalment, Riel expands […] Read more
Opinion: Why a One Health approach matters
The ongoing avian flu outbreak in Canada is an example of how a One Health approach can help ensure humans, animals and the environment are protected
A strain of avian flu virus is spreading in domestic poultry flocks in Canada but is not a risk to humans. Avian influenza virus, commonly known as bird flu, is […] Read more
Derecho dealt a heavy blow to beekeepers, maple syrup producers
Extreme weather and climate change could impact insurance in the future
A path of uprooted trees and domino-effect toppling was the result of a Derecho that whipped through Jamie Fortune’s Almonte, Ont.- area maple forests last month. “Practically, as maple farmers […] Read more
Editorial: Preparing for the unknown
Until May 31, 1985 I really had no idea what a tornado was, or that wind could cause so much damage. Like most young children in Ontario, I was blissfully […] Read more
Emergency planning summer focus for Ontario Pork
Ontario Pork offering help for producers to complete on-farm emergency plans
For Perth County-area pork producer Tanya Terpstra, completing the On-Farm Emergency Response Planning Guide for Ontario Pork at first “seemed like more paperwork.” But Terpstra, who operates a farrow to […] Read more