Just when you have a system that flows effectively across large volumes of a commodity, nature throws you a serious knuckleball. That’s the case this harvest season with corn, a normally easy-to-manage, reliable crop. This year, it has turned into a nightmare when it comes to logistics, marketing and operator safety. A good portion of […] Read more
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Editorial: Corn mould levels unearth knowledge and testing gaps
Editorial: The market’s knife edge
We like to think that markets are rational — that they independently move up and down based on fact, not emotion. But when they are confused, or befuddled by signals that haven’t been there before, they can be downright unpredictable. A recent Farm Credit Canada look at 30 years of data around market volatility shows […] Read more
Editorial: In defence of animal care
Prison farm activists cheer animals’ return
The announced return of the animals to prisoner rehabilitation farms in the Kingston area was an exciting victory for many in the eastern Ontario farming community. Farmers, and other community activists, had worked hard, protested, and protested some more over years to bring the prison farms back. The farm was eliminated eight years ago by […] Read more
Welcome to Farmtario
Republished from our inaugural, April 30, 2018 issue of Farmtario I hope you are enjoying your first edition of Farmtario. A lot of work has gone into planning and creating this new source of farm news and information for Ontario. Farmtario is a division of Glacier FarmMedia and even if you haven’t heard of us, […] Read more
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