The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) was budgeted for a cut of more than $200 million by 2020 in the recent provincial budget. The first budget […] Read more
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OMAFRA takes a large cut in Ontario budget
Investments made in broadband internet, focus put on reducing deficit
OFA responds to Middlesex tax change rejection
Letter to the Editor: The county continued to support further tax burden shift to farmer
Dear Editor: The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) has serious concerns with the recent comments made by Middlesex County Warden Kurtis Smith in the March 27th London Free Press article, […] Read more
Farmers need to file form to be exempt from fuel charge
The new program starts April 1
[UPDATED: Mar. 28, 2019] The federal carbon pollution pricing system will add a charge to fuel delivered within Ontario for use in air, marine, rail and road use. Farmers are […] Read more
Succession can be taxing if some land ownership isn’t considered
Does your succession strategy account for Land Transfer Tax? If not the repercussions could be costly
When it comes to transferring land, handing the farm to the next generation can be expensive. Ontario’s Land Transfer Tax (LTT), more specifically, can take a significant bite out of […] Read more
Ontario Federation of Agriculture general manager stepping down
Long-serving Neil Currie will retire at the end of the summer
After 19 years as general manager of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), Neil Currie has announced his retirement. Currie, the longest-serving general manager in the organization’s 83-year history, will […] Read more
Editorial: A farm leadership foundation
I didn’t really connect with my Greig grandparents when I was young. To my young self, they lived in a tidy house in Listowel, with a lot of breakable knickknacks, […] Read more
13 ways to kill your… farm
Observations about rural communities could also apply to farms
Doug Griffiths has spent a lot of time looking at rural communities and he’s come up with 13 things that communities do to themselves to lose business, momentum and size. […] Read more
New funding continues 4R nutrient program
The program, with several local partners, will continue for three years
Government and farm groups have renewed their investment in 4R nutrient stewardship, ensuring the program, popular in Ontario, continues for three more years. The renewal of the partnership between Fertilizer […] Read more
Province aims to strengthen farmer input with new committee
The heads of farmer, processor and agribusiness associations will be vice chairs of the committee
The Ontario government has released details on the structure and operations of its new agriculture advisory committee. The task force, first announced in November, is intended to strengthen the competitiveness […] Read more
DON-infected corn storage and ethanol trials proposed
A meeting of the grain sector last week has yielded some guidance for farmers
Here’s the latest news on the managing of the DON-infected corn crop. Get the good corn off: Minister Hardeman Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ernie Hardeman said […] Read more