The Second Annual Canadian Wool Innovation Prize (CWIP), worth $10,000, is accepting applications for commercially viable innovation projects or businesses until October 31, 2025.The Campaign for Wool Canada / Canadian Wool Council, with support from the Worshipful Company of Woolmen are sponsoring the contest that bridges the Canadian and British wool industry.
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Canadian wool innovation contest opens application window
$10,000 prize champions creative, commercially viable Canadian wool projects, including apparel, interiors, agriculture, science, and other fields
Palmerston & District Hospital Foundation receives $25,000 prize from BASF
BASF Growing Home win edges Foundation closer to MRI campaign goal
BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada’s Growing Home with BASF presented the Palmerston & District Hospital Foundation with a $25,000 prize on Sept. 26.
Rotational grazing helps farmers stretch feed in a dry year
Practical tips for planning rotations include pasture math, water access and cover crop grazing options
Rotational grazing can extend the grazing season and improve soil health. Gallagher’s James Clark explained how to plan, manage water, and add cover crops for increased grazing options at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show.
Canada and Ontario invest $14.6M to boost farmland resiliency and sustainability
Increased funding enables the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program to expand its project scope to improve soil health, protect water resources, promote biodiversity, and support long-term sustainability and competitiveness.
Canada and Ontario increased investment of $14.6 million to help farmers improve soil, water, and biodiversity through the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program.
Ontario invests $3 million protecting the Lake Simcoe Watershed
Funding offsets Holland Marsh farmer adoption of innovative phosphorus reduction technology
Ontario continues to encourage farmers to adopt technologies reducing phosphorus runoff into local watersheds with a $3 million Farm Washwater Innovation and Stewardship program addressing the Lake Simcoe Watershed.
Ontario invests $5.4 million in agri-food research to boost global competitiveness
The funding will advance 28 agri-food research projects at the University of Guelph.
A $5.4 million provincial investment in 28 new agri-food research projects will help Ontario’s agri-food sector innovate, grow, and boost global competitiveness in the face of U.S. tariffs.
Ontario cattle groups pioneer community pastures through first-ever public land lease agreements
New leasing model in Lambton County transforms conservation lands into sustainable grazing pastures with long-term environmental and farm sector benefits.
Lambton Cattlemen’s Association and Grey-Dufferin Community Pasture veer off the beaten path into conservation authority and municipal land leases to develop new community pastures within the St. Clair River Conservation Authority and Dufferin County.
Ontario Agricultural Stewardship Initiative third intake opens in August
The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership funded Cost-share program to boost sustainability, productivity and competitiveness through Agri-Food energy efficiency projects
Ontario’s Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (ASI)$3 million cost-share program intake opens on Aug. 13 at 9 a.m., helping agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based businesses improve energy efficiency and increase competitiveness, sustainability, and productivity.
New program aims to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Erie
Lake Erie Enhanced Analysis of Agriculture Practices will use data-driven approach
The newly launched Lake Erie Enhanced Analysis of Agriculture Practices (LEEAAP) research program aims to reduce phosphorus loading from agricultural fields into Lake Erie. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) said in a release the goal of the program is to expand the industry’s knowledge bank with a data-driven approach to help with […] Read more
Ontario pledges $100 million increase to Risk Management Program
Farm groups have been calling for the increase as they considered the program underfunded
The Risk Management Program (RMP) is getting a $100 million boost over three years from the Ontario government. “Our government promised farmers we would continue to expand and enhance RMP, and with this historic investment, we have delivered,” said Rob Flack, minister of Agriculture Food and Agribusiness at VanQuaethem Farms Ltd. in Eden, Ont., January […] Read more