A new national poultry event due to launch in Stratford this fall won’t go ahead. Instead, the Canadian Poultry Xpo will launch in 2021. Organizers said that after discus- sion with the venue, the City of Stratford and the local medical officer of health, it was decided that restrictions around large gatherings meant that the […] Read more
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New Poultry Xpo launch postponed to 2021
Agriculture policy overhaul needed: report
COVID-19 has exposed significant challenges, needed changes
Glacier FarmMedia – Drastic changes to markets, labour conditions and public perceptions are driving a need for new agri-food policies, according to a report from industry experts. Agri-Food Economic Systems’ latest policy note identified 10 pressures on the industry, each one varying in “magnitude, significance, urgency and permanence.” The report cited massive losses in food […] Read more
Consumers look to healthy food post-COVID lockdown
Comfort, less healthy foods were popular early in the pandemic
Jane Dummer, a registered dietitian, says the pandemic has caused changes in Canadian eating habits. “If you had asked me in September, ‘would we have run out of baking needs, flour and toilet paper in a pandemic?’ I would have said no, especially because originally the pandemic, COVID-19, was really identified as only respiratory, and […] Read more
Big Ontario corn and soy yields ahead?
Earlier planting and heat and rain when needed have boosted potential harvest yields
[AUDIO: Listen to John Greig, editor of Farmtario, talk with Don Kabbes, general manager of Great Lakes Grain about corn and soybean yield projections.] [UPDATE: Sept. 14, 2020] Ontario is in line for a record soybean crop. That’s the result from the recent Great Lakes Grain yield tour. The 11th edition of the tour, which […] Read more
VIDEO: Ontario soybean yields could be a record
Great Lakes Grain crop tour finds potentially high yielding corn and soybean crops in Ontario
Great Lakes Grain recently finished its annual crop tour and is predicting top yields for Ontario soybean and corn crops. Hear what Don Kabbes, general manager of Great Lakes Grain, had to say about the actual yield numbers and why crops have grown well this year in this interview with John Greig, editor of Farmtario.
Straw market stabilizes with decent wheat crop
Prices for straw have also been driven up by demand for straw as a feed for dairy cattle
After reaching untold heights in 2019, more wheat acres this year means the price of straw has stabilized at much lower levels. These cheaper prices — which in some areas are half those experienced last year — are a relief for farmers, particularly those using straw for both bedding and as a component in cattle […] Read more
Vineland refines test for apple quality
New measurement standards may be necessary for adoption
Measuring friction might be the best way to determine apple quality, says a new project from the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Tribology, the science of wear, friction, and lubrication, is commonly used in food processing for semi-solid products like yogurt and spreads. The institution says new research shows it’s also effective enough to replace […] Read more
Managing eroded knolls
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for September 10
Field Crop News – We’ve all seen them. Hilltops. Whitecaps. High spots where the crop struggles year after year. Eroded knolls are common to Ontario agriculture and cost farmers in lost productivity each season. This article will explore knolls: how they’ve formed, how they differ, and how they can be managed or even re-mediated. How […] Read more
Ministers’ orders could mean faster development of farmland
CFFO says new powers could reduce local input into land use changes
Updated Sept. 11, 2020 The COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act is already a matter of concern for some agricultural communities in the Region of Durham as well as the Town of Ajax. The bill, passed in the Ontario legislature on July 21 gives ministers broader powers to override local planning, which could put more farmland at […] Read more
New grain declaration system coming to Eastern Canada
There’s a one-year exemption while the trade deal-driven change is implemented
Ontario grain farmers have a year’s reprieve from increased documentation made necessary by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. The trade deal, which came into effect July 1, changed a provision in the original NAFTA deal that automatically graded all American wheat imported into Canada as feed wheat. It will now be graded in the same […] Read more
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