What started as a one-day dairy event has evolved into an interactive two-day hands-on opportunity for Brant county students to learn more about how the food they eat is produced. More than one thousand grade five students, teachers and parents from Brant county-area schools visited the Burford Fairgrounds for the 27th annual Bite of Brant. […] Read more
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Local students get a Bite of Brant
Local agriculture production focus of 27th annual educational event in Brant county
Thompson returns as P.E.I. ag minister
Ag and land ministry split; Compton not returning to cabinet
Prince Edward Island’s former agriculture minister is again its current ag minister, in a post-election cabinet shuffle by returning Premier Dennis King. Bloyce Thompson, MLA for the district of Stanhope-Marshfield since 2019 and ag minister from 2019 until last summer, was again appointed April 14 as King’s minister of agriculture, justice and public safety and […] Read more
Opinion: Farmtario celebrates five years
Five years ago, my colleagues and I at Glacier FarmMedia set out to change the agriculture publishing landscape in Ontario. We didn’t know how it would go, and it was a major leap for the company, but on the occasion of this, our fifth anniversary print edition, I believe we’ve had an impact on the […] Read more
Family’s healthcare journey inspires dairy fundraiser
Calves for a Cause benefits London children’s hospital
[UPDATED: Apr. 18, 2023] The third annual Calves for a Cause fundraiser April 5 resulted in $285,00 in total sales and a donation of $65,000 to the Children’s Health Foundation. Held in honour of Brooks Markus, the three-year-old son of an Ingersoll-area dairy farming family who recently underwent his ninth surgery since birth, Calves for […] Read more
P.E.I. ag minister, ag critics re-elected
Tories return with majority; Liberals regain official opposition
Prince Edward Island’s incumbent agriculture minister and opposition agriculture critics prevailed in Monday night’s provincial election, in which incumbent premier Dennis King’s Tories were returned with a majority. Darlene Compton, King’s agriculture minister since last summer and his incumbent deputy premier, won re-election Monday for the Progressive Conservatives in her district of Belfast-Murray River. Compton, […] Read more
From an Ontario farm to the moon
Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut named to the next flight to the moon, grew up on a farm near Ailsa Craig
Another Canadian who grew up on a farm is heading space, and this time it’s further afield than any Canadian has ever gone. Jeremy Hansen, who grew up on a farm near Ailsa Craig, Ont., then attended high school in Ingersoll, Ont., was named as a crew member on the Artemis II mission to orbit […] Read more
Food sales grew but margins tightened in 2022, FCC says
Modest further growth expected this year
Food and beverages sales increased in Canada last year, even as margins hit an historic low and consumers chose Canadian less. According to the latest FCC Food and Beverage Report, released Tuesday, sales increased 11 per cent to $156 billion in 2022. These gains came largely from higher export values and strength in the grain […] Read more
AWC 2023: Federal ag minister inspired by farm women’s progress
Don't wait to be asked to participate, Bibeau tells AWC West
Calgary — Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau drew applause from delegates attending the Advancing Women in Agriculture (AWC) conference here this week as she acknowledged their efforts for paving her path into politics. Bibeau told delegates attending the 10th annual conference she’s never felt like she’s had to fight for spot at the political table […] Read more
Trudeau assures farmers fertilizer emissions target is voluntary
All leaders of major parties addressed farmers at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting for the first time in memory
Glacier FarmMedia – Prime minister Justin Trudeau reiterated at the recent Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) annual meeting that the fertilizer emissions reduction target proposed by his government is voluntary. Speaking to farmers gathered at the annual meeting March 6 — a surprise late addition to the agenda — the prime minister praised farmers for […] Read more
Farmland values exceed expectations
Ontario leads the country with 19.4 per cent increase
Average farmland prices were up 12.8 per cent in Canada in 2022, the largest increase seen since 2014 when the increase was 14.3 per cent. The increase follows gains of 8.3 per cent in 2021 and 5.4 per cent in 2020. J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief economist, said the numbers were a little bit of a […] Read more
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