Ontario introduced the Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act March 7 in an effort to enhance access to professional animal care. If passed, the government said in a release the legislation would pave the way to formalizing the broad scope of practice for veterinary technicians that could result in an expanded role. It said the […] Read more
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Province introduces legislation to modernize veterinary technician profession
Ontario invests $836K to strengthen agricultural societies
The Ontario government is investing up to $836,250 over three years to increase the capacity of rural volunteers and organizations across the province. This funding will help the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies partner with the Rural Ontario Institute to provide educational supports focused on leadership, governance, and community engagement to more than 200 agricultural […] Read more
Grow Ontario Market Initiative gets $6 Million boost
The Grow Ontario Market Initiative is receiving an additional $6 million from the governments of Canada and Ontario to help agri-food businesses and industry organizations expand their sales and grow their markets. The increase brings the total funding for the Initiative through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to $12 million. The Grow Ontario Market Initiative […] Read more
$25 million program aims to boost agri-food innovation in Ontario
The program’s first intake starts on Feb. 15, 2024 and will pay up to $100,00 per project
The Agri-Tech Innovation Initiative will disperse $25 million of Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership funding to drive agriculture and food sector production capacity and energy efficiency. “These investments will allow established and emerging businesses to speed up efforts to optimize their operations and help in achieving the ambitious goals we have set out for the agriculture […] Read more
Province launches Veterinary Incentive Program
Veterinary graduates can now apply for funding to practice in areas with critical labour shortages
To encourage newly licensed veterinarians to practice in northern and underserviced communities in Ontario, the provincial government has launched the Veterinary Incentive Program. The program will provide grants of up to $50,000 over five years to veterinarians who provide care to livestock and poultry in these communities. Program funding will be delivered by the Agricultural […] Read more
Controlled-release fertilizer plant opens in Ontario
Ontario’s first and only controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) manufacturing plant was inaugurated today in St. Thomas. CRF Agritech is a joint venture between Sollio Agriculture, the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, several of its cooperatives in Québec, its Agromart retail partners in Ontario and the Maritimes and Alabama-based Pursell, a leading fertilizer technology manufacturer. […] Read more
What’s in your crop decision-making toolbox?
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of August 14
It’s the middle of August and we’re in that awkward lull where cereals are off, the last passes of fungicides on soybeans are done and it is almost time to start attending all those in-field plot days. Those days are meant to get producers talking, asking questions and get the thought process started for the […] Read more
Spider mites bugging your soybeans?
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of July 3
Dimethoate resistant two-spotted spider mite populations in Ontario soybeans Results from bioassays conducted on two-spotted spider mite (TSSM) populations collected in soybean fields across Ontario show the prevalence of dimethoate (Cygon or Lagon) resistance is high in some areas. Through a collaborative project with Dr. Vojislava Grbic, Professor at Western University, Dr. Ian Scott at […] Read more
OMAFRA creates digital crop protection search tool
Decades of print publications combined into new Ontario Crop Protection Hub
Crop protection information from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is now digitally available through the Ontario Crop Protection Hub. Historically, crop protection information has been provided by the ministry via printed publications. The move to digitize data and other information contained within decades worth of hard materials — 13 print publications […] Read more
Ontario budget increases veterinary school spaces
Budget puts $15.7 million towards northern veterinary instruction, relocation incentives
Ontario’s 2023 budget investment into agriculture builds on promises made in the agri-food strategy announced in November 2022. “We’re still finding ways to keep moving the agri-food industry forward,” said Lisa Thompson, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Why it matters: The yearly budget sets fiscal goals for the government, including for agriculture spending and […] Read more
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