Land trusts empower landowners while preserving farmland

Land trusts empower landowners while preserving farmland

Ontario Farmland Trust establishes groundwork for a provincial agricultural land reserve

The Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) easements protect agricultural land, creating a reserve that remains impervious to provincial policy changes and development pressures, while bolstering food production and sustainable farming.


Ag sector facing diverse challenges heading into 2025

FCC highlights tariffs, inflation, exchange rates and more as possible headwinds for ag in new year

Cam Mock, senior relationship manager at Farm Credit Canada, highighted some of the challenges Ontario farmers will face this year in a macroeconomic update and crop sector outlook at the annual Grey County Soil and Crop Winter Meeting in Durham last month.