Wild pigs are on the loose in Ontario, but staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) are confident they’re ahead of a wide-scale and potentially devastating invasion. As part of a pilot project initiated in January, trail cameras were installed at eight locations in southern and eastern Ontario in response to what […] Read more
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Trail cams installed as part of wild pig project
Government looks to designate wild pigs as an invasive species
McCain builds farms to showcase sustainable practices
The company has committed to reducing the impact of its potato operations
Glacier Farmmedia – McCain Foods says it is building the farm of the future. The New Brunswick company announced in mid-July that it wants potato production to be more sustainable. To that end, McCain’s is establishing three Farms of the Future to learn how regenerative agriculture and innovation can work at scale in potato farming. […] Read more
CEBA dollars prove difficult for farm access
Farms have trouble getting funding due to lack of business accounts
Glacier FarmMedia – Farmers continue to have issues applying for Canadian Emergency Business Account benefits after the federal government deemed them eligible weeks ago. The problem centres on the requirement to have a business account at financial institutions. When the program was announced small businesses had to have $50,000 in payroll to be eligible. They […] Read more
Comment: Grounded by COVID-19
How to find new ways of connecting when a job based on constant travel is interrupted
Nancy Charlton is a veterinarian who works across North America for dairy company DeLaval. Pre-COVID-19, she was on a flight three out of four weeks in every month. She shares how her world has changed. March 10 was a day like many before, but it was also the day that everything changed. I was at […] Read more
Winter conferences join in one digital event
The new digital Ontario Agricultural Conference will focus on crops
The Southwest Agricultural Conference, FarmSmart’s crop content and Eastern Ontario Crop conferences are being replaced because of COVID-19 by a digital conference Jan. 6 and 7, 2021 called the Ontario Agricultural Conference. Event co-chair Albert Tenuta says that the steering committees of all the conferences are working together to “make sure in 2021 we present […] Read more
Retired 82-year-old farmer walking 125 km to raise funds
Russell Mackay hopes to raise $25,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
When Russell Mackay started visiting an eye specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) about 15 years ago, he vowed he would do something to help the kids there. He plans to walk from his hometown, Beachburg, departing Aug. 24 through the Ottawa Valley to CHEO in Ottawa arriving Sept. 3. That’s more […] Read more
Opinion: Canada’s work to reform WTO is good sign
The world trade order is wonky and floundering and needs leadership
Canada’s efforts to reform the World Trade Organization are commendable. It is apparent more countries are deciding to turn inward rather than focusing on multilateral trade relationships. The United States, India, Italy and others have all taken actions domestically that have negatively impacted the ability of Canadian farmers to enter those markets. Canadian Agri-Food Trade […] Read more
Researchers say free trade can help climate change hunger
Science Notes: Climate change will impact regions in different ways
Researchers from KU Leuven, the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and RTI International investigated the effects of trade on hunger in the world as a result of climate change. They found that international trade can compensate for regional food shortages and reduce hunger, particularly when protectionist measures and other barriers to trade are […] Read more
Tar spot in corn and soybean cyst nematode
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for August 13
This week we would like to discuss tar spot in corn as well as soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome in soybean. Tar spot in corn There is a lot of discussion and questions surrounding tar spot this year in Ontario. Tar spot is a new corn disease in the U.S. midwest and since […] Read more
Frustration rises over Canada’s pursuit of trade deal with U.K.
The European trade deal has not been as lucrative for Canada as expected
Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance is expressing frustration over the pace at which Canada is engaging the United Kingdom over a post-Brexit free trade deal. Why it matters: Canada is an export-dependent country, so trade agreements provide a measure of economic security and market access. Steve Verheul, assistant deputy minister of trade […] Read more
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