I admit it. I have backyard chickens. For a decade we’ve had about 10 chickens, give or take, on our farm that supply our family with as many eggs as […] Read more
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Editorial: How far should backyard chicken biosecurity go?
Editorial: In praise of hay
The Ontario Forage Expo is one of my favourite farm events of the year. It’s outside, in the heat of the summer, it’s usually well attended and there’s lots of […] Read more
Editorial: Markets, trade variables disrupt usual farm outlook
New layers of challenge keep being thrown over farmers trying to run their businesses in Ontario this spring. Wait, it actually started last fall, with a late and burdensome harvest, […] Read more
Editorial: Food, fibre…and fun?
We haven’t done a lot of cannabis coverage here at Farmtario, despite the massive public and investor interest in the sector. I’ve thought a lot about it and I expect […] Read more
Editorial: Assumptions about rural are grating
I have no doubt that there’s a divide between rural and urban folks, and little doubt that the divide seems to be increasing. But I do take issue with people […] Read more
Editorial: We are one year old
Happy birthday to us! Thank you for the vast amount of support and encouragement we’ve received at Farmtario during our first year. We couldn’t have done it without our readers, […] Read more
Editorial: U.S. ponders its dairy future
You can tell every five to 10 years that the American milk situation is getting particularly dire, when they start having more discussions about supply management. American dairy farms are […] Read more
Editorial: A farm leadership foundation
I didn’t really connect with my Greig grandparents when I was young. To my young self, they lived in a tidy house in Listowel, with a lot of breakable knickknacks, […] Read more
Editorial: Could beef be the new butter?
Beef farmers have a right to feel a bit battered. They are being slammed by many attacks in the mainstream media, often the result of lazy journalism being used to […] Read more
Editorial: Tiptoeing through trade barriers increasingly complex
An American court recently approved a $1.5 billion settlement paid for by Syngenta that will send money to hundreds of thousands of farmers and others in the grain system who […] Read more