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Local farmers talked about mental health in the video produced by the Listowel Agricultural Society.
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Listowel event results in new online mental health resource

The initiative started with the local agricultural society

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From a local food fundraiser to a professionally produced website and videos, a group of Listowel-area farmers have turned a small grant from RBC Royal Bank into a go-to resource for anyone in mid-western Ontario’s agricultural community struggling with mental illness. Why it matters: Much has occurred over the past five years to lessen the […] Read more
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Trump subsidies make up a third of U.S. farm income

Administration has used trade wars, COVID-19 as reasons to boost subsidies

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Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov. 3 election approaches, with record government subsidies projected to make up more than a third of farm income in 2020. The aid programs could be key to Trump’s chances of success in swing states such as Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa […] Read more
Herbicide resistant traits in soybeans are spreading with more availability from more companies.
Crops, News

More corn, soybean traits spread across seed companies

Soybeans have more herbicide resistant options across more company choices

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Updated Nov. 5 The latest herbicide resistant trait stacks are spreading across the products of more seed companies and several are working to get Western bean cutworm resistance into their products as quickly as they can. Seed companies also see increased interest in conventional corn genetics. Here’s a roundup of what farmers will see from […] Read more
Barn fires are too common and can hit old and new buildings.
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Technology monitors high-risk barn wiring to help stop barn fires

A project by Trillium Mutual Insurance aims to get 100 monitoring devices installed on farms in a year

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An Ontario insurance company is trying to stop barn fires before they start by subsidizing the installation of technology that monitors wiring systems for faults. The sensor-based early warning system is part of a unique collaboration between Trillium Mutual Insurance and PrevTech Innovation. Why it matters: Barn fires create more than a financial loss. They […] Read more
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Editorial: Check in with neighbours during COVID winter

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I miss talking to people by accident, running into them somewhere I’d not expect to see them. With some important steps to reduce risk, most of us, especially in rural Ontario, are back to work. However, we’re in a constrained new world, which will increasingly wear on people as the year ticks on and the […] Read more
Spray monitors in orchards can help identify areas that are missed.
Machinery, News

Simple smart technology helps fleet and spray monitoring

Keeping ahead of maintenance can help reduce downtime and repair costs on farms

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A group of University of Waterloo engineering graduates who first got together as a student design team to convert a Camaro into a hybrid electric vehicle has turned its talents towards improving agricultural fleet management. Their small Ontario start-up, Intelliculture, is now working to help farm profitability with intelligent, simple, and affordable telematics to help […] Read more
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European Union corn imports set to jump

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Reuters – European Union imports of maize could rise to 20 million tonnes this season after drought is expected to leave the bloc with a smaller than average crop at a time of ample international supply, the EU’s executive said recently. For the EU’s 27 member countries, the European Commission’s official forecast is for 2020/21 […] Read more
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Fortinos butcher wins provincial award

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Steve Toms, of Fortinos Hamilton took home the title of Ontario’s Finest Butcher (OFBC) in a competition hosted by Meat & Poultry Ontario. Toms, a two-year veteran of the competition, earned the honour after a fierce head-to-head meat cutting battle with finalists Dave Vander Velde of VG Meats, Stoney Creek and Frank DiGenova of Butcher […] Read more
The Lely Exos roams fields harvesting fresh forage and taking it back to a barn for feeding.
Livestock, News

Lely launches new dairy feed, manure technology

Products focus on reducing environmental impact and labour

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Lely launched three new pieces of equipment on Oct. 6 that increase dairy farm automation, and continue the integration of Lely technology from the farm through to further processing. The technologies won’t immediately find ready homes in Canada in many cases, but show the direction the dairy automation leader is headed. Fresh grass every day […] Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has seen more Canadians test their green thumbs and grow some of their own food.
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Home food grower numbers grow during pandemic

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Half of respondents to a survey on home food growing say they grow at least some sort of food. Almost 20 per cent report starting growing food at home this year, which explains the run on seeds this spring that meant challenges to the usual supply of seeds for home garden use. The Agri-Food Analytics […] Read more

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