A first-of-its-kind Canadian study has found that there’s more food loss at the production level than previously thought. The “Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste” study found that 24 per cent of food volume wasted is lost at the production level. A further 34 per cent of the food wasted is lost at the processing level. […] Read more
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Researchers zero in on farm level food waste
It’s harder to track and even harder to fix than waste higher in the value chain
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show adds to property
The property will help the show continue to provide the a top visitor experience
Glacier Media, parent company of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show has invested in Oxford County farmland adjacent to the show site. Glacier Media has acquired ninety acres of land directly north of the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show site on Oxford County Road 34. For the last decade, 30 acres of this land has been used as […] Read more
Opinion: Drinking the plant-based Kool-Aid
When the prestigious medical journal The Lancet published a 51-page report laying out a plan for a sustainable “planetary diet” that transforms how we eat and live, it made a big splash. The group of 37 experts, all members of the so-called EAT-Lancet Commission — brought together by the Stockholm-based non-profit EAT, which works to […] Read more
Canadian farmers by birth and education
Recent Statistics Canada releases show that Dutch farmers continue to choose Canada as a destination
Statistics Canada has recently linked the 2016 Census of Agriculture data with household data to come up with several demographic portraits of Canadian farmers. Here is a look at what the data says on birth origin and education of farmers. Dutch farmers continue to move to Canada Canadian farmers overwhelmingly identify themselves as Canadian by […] Read more
Farm households earning more – but is it coming from the farm?
Changes in farm structure and rural opportunities have boosted the income of Canadians who live on farms
Canadian farm family incomes have pulled ahead of other Canadian households by a large margin, but it may have more to do with off-farm revenue sources than it does higher returns from farming. The median income reported by farm households is now 17.3 per cent more than the median recorded by non-farm workers, which is […] Read more
Editorial: Healthy farm households
Statistics Canada says that farm households are doing much better than they did a generation or two ago. And that’s something to celebrate. Our cover story in our Feb. 11 issue of Farmtario looks at the broader societal trends around the dramatic increase in farm household income over the past 50 years. Median farm income […] Read more
Top 10 ways to help prevent barn fires
Inspection and care of electrical systems, whether permanent or temporary, is part of a fire prevention plan in barns, says the agriculture department
Barn fires are a year-round concern, but most occur in the winter. The colder months are generally the time when feed and bedding storage is greatest, electricity use is high, and equipment repairs and upgrades are made. It is an important time to be extra vigilant. When it comes to barn fires, prevention is key. […] Read more
Made-in-Ontario food safety treatment for dry foods now used across North America
Product helps reduce food safety issues on foods that can’t be otherwise sanitized before consumption
An Ontario company has developed a biodegradable organic sanitizer specifically to eliminate microbes on dry foods like seeds, nuts, and powders. Foods treated with Neo-Pure are now sold in major grocers across North America, including Loblaw, Whole Foods, Costco and Trader Joe’s — and new technology for treating wheat flour is in the pipeline. “Most […] Read more
Snobelen Farms president dies in snowmobile accident
[UPDATED Feb. 6, 2019] The Ontario agriculture community is mourning the loss of the leader of Snobelen Farms. Troy Snobelen, president and CEO of Snobelen Farms, was killed in a snowmobile accident Feb. 2 in Huron-Kinloss. Snobelen Farms was started by Troy’s parents and grew to be a significant handler of grains and oilseeds in […] Read more
Robotic soil sampler eases in-field workloads
Rogo Ag hopes to have an autonomous soil sampler working in Canadian fields in the 2020 growing season
A Bobcat-mounted robotic soil sampler offers users consistent core samples and appears likely to drive down prices for sampling services. “It’s a completely autonomous robot. We developed all the technology in house, except the Bobcat platform that it rides on. We just drive it to a field, you unload it from the trailer, hit go […] Read more
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