[UPDATED: June 28, 2021] The Ontario government is increasing its contribution to the compensation rate for AgriStability. The move goes against the national consensus that was reached in March over the removal of the reference margin limit. However, a federal government proposal to increase the compensation rate from 80 per cent to 70 per cent […] Read more
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Ontario increases AgriStability compensation margin
Province calls on federal government to increase its portion of funding
Ontario names new ag minister in shuffle
Lisa Thompson replaces Ernie Hardeman
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has drawn another aggie from his existing cabinet to replace Ernie Hardeman as his agriculture minister. Ford on Friday announced a major cabinet shuffle, dropping Hardeman, the long-time MPP for Oxford, from the cabinet table and naming Lisa Thompson as minister for agriculture, food and rural affairs. Thompson, who until Friday […] Read more
OFA’s Home Grown campaign aims to educate citizens on declining farmland
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is sowing seeds of advocacy through their ‘Home Grown’ campaign, launched during #Plant21. Home Grown aims to increase awareness of how farmland is a finite and depleting resource when agriculture is under increasing pressure to provide food for Canadians and the world. Why it matters: Urban sprawl is threatening […] Read more
Support for Bill 216 addressing student food literacy is whipping up support
A private member’s bill advocating integrating experiential food literacy education into the provincial school curriculum is gaining traction. “I’m encouraged that literally across the spectrum, we’re getting broad acceptance, and most importantly, we’re getting input,” said Daryl Kramp, MPP for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox-Addington (KFLA). Why it matters: Bill 216, ‘The Food Literacy for Students […] Read more
Ontario farmers create self-guided tour of soil health in 2021
Farmers will be able to explore fields across province this summer thanks to a new, free app that will allow for viewing of cover crops, min-till, amendments, and innovation for soil health. The free ONTARIO SOIL ROADTRIP app will be launched and available for iOS and Android in time for the July long weekend. ONTARIO […] Read more
AAFC launches Living Lab – Ontario in the Lake Erie region
A $4.2 million investment has been made by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to launch Living Lab – Ontario in the Lake Erie region to collaborate with Ontario farmers on developing sustainable solutions to environmental issues. Living Lab – Ontario is the latest collaboration hub created under the Living Laboratories Initiative, which brings together farmers, scientists, and other […] Read more
University of Guelph students win marketing competition
CAMA student team beats 23 other schools with novel yogurt product
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Guelph student chapter of the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association (CAMA) has won the student competition at the annual National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) student chapter marketing competition. Each year, 20 to 30 teams from universities and colleges in the U.S. and Canada participate in this competition, where they […] Read more
No solution yet to Line 5 shutdown
Oil pipeline ordered shut by Michigan governor could push Ontario agriculture into a crisis
What would happen if Ontario went dry? It’s a question many are asking as a May 12 shutdown deadline, issued by the governor of Michigan earlier this year, looms for Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. The Line connects Ontario to Wisconsin via Sarnia, bringing hundreds of thousands of gallons of fossil fuels into the province each […] Read more
On-farm cybersecurity campaign gets backing
Glacier FarmMedia to link up with federally-funded project
A campaign to assess, reinforce and promote cybersecurity across Canada’s ag sector — partly through this website and its sister publications and events — has been tapped to receive multi-year federal funding. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on March 25 announced over $500,000 over four years through the federal Cyber Security Co-operation Program for the […] Read more
Public pressure halts city’s bid for Welland farm
Expropriation attempt loses support at recent vote
Nationwide public outcry is being credited for helping save City of Welland farmer Marsha Rempel from being forced to sell her 67-acre farm for industrial development. On March 2, city councillors voted 8-3 to put the brakes on an expropriation process which had been initiated in July 2020, and taken another step forward on Dec. […] Read more
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