Lisa Thompson, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, left, and Lawrence MacAulay, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announce $25 million in Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership funding for projects that improve production capacity and energy efficiency within the agriculture and food sector.

$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 […] 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 […] Read more




Two-spotted spider mites covering the underside of a bean leaf.

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 […] Read more



Lisa Thompson, Ontario's minister of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, says this budget funding is the first time in decades there's been funding to increase spaces for veterinary students.

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 […] Read more